New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: A Texas Army National Guard deposits a bag of sand and gravel on-target

This is a cross-post from The United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security. 

Every year the World Risk Report (WRR) and its World Risk Index (WRI) analyze the exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards of over 170 countries, in order to assess the drivers and hotspots of disaster risk. UNU-EHS publishes the report jointly with Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft and in cooperation with the University of Stuttgart. (more…)