Infrastructure

The overall object of this guide is to assess flood risk and vulnerability, pre-dimensioning road works and protective measures against damage, linked to floods.

Setting the national standard for building construction resistant to natural hazards.

The policy provides strategic directions and coordination on issues of climate change, cognizant of its linkages with sustainable development. It identifies major vulnerable areas and risks presented by climate change.

The National Housing Policy for Lesotho is structured in four sections:

This is the second report for the Programme ‘Building Disaster Resilience to Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities’.

On April 24, 2019, the Union of Comoros was hit hard by Cyclone Kenneth, which affected 345,131 people, including more than 185,000, very severely.

This report describes the concept and methodology of the composite Index For Risk Management (INFORM). An initial version (version 2014) was completed and a first report published in January 2014, and was used in a 10 month process of peer review, user consultation and methodological improvements.

Brochure featuring the rules of construction of a para-cyclonic building in Madagascar.

CPGU implements the popularization and awareness of the application of building rules on hydroagricultural infrastructures in Madagascar or the Construction Standards of Hydroagricultural Infrastructures against Floods and Flooding in Madagascar (NIHYCRI).

This document outlines disaster risks and impacts in Malawi. The national risk profiles provide the estimated impact of disasters on population, building stock, transport networks, critical facilities, and agriculture at the national and sub-national levels.