Science for disaster risk management 2017 : knowing better and losing less : executive summary

The Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre has produced this flagship science report as a contribution to the science and technology roadmap of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. This report is the result of the multi-sectorial and multi-disciplinary networking process and represents the combined effort of more than 200 experts. It will support the integration of science into informed decision making through synthesizing and translating evidence for disaster risk management and strengthening the science-policy and science-operation interface.