Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2015

The fourth edition of this biennial publication, titled "Making development sustainable: The future of disaster risk reduction" examines whether the way in which disaster risk governance has evolved is appropriate to address increasingly accelerated generation and accumulation of disaster risks.

As the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) draws to a close, GAR15 questions whether the way in which disaster risk governance has been approached under the HFA is really fit for purpose in a world threatened by catastrophic increases in disaster risk. In GAR15, new evidence on contemporary patterns and trends in disaster risk are presented to assess to what extent the Expected Outcome of the HFA has been achieved or not. The study analyses current and emerging risks and projected economic losses associated with exposure and vulnerability to hazards, including cyclones, earthquakes, floods, landslides, tsunamis and volcanic ash. The conclusions show how disaster risk management can contribute to the transformation of the underlying drivers of risk, and why a reform of disaster risk governance is necessary.