UNESCO guidelines for assessing learning facilities in the context of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Volume 1: Introduction to learning facilities assessment and to the VISUS methodology. Volume 2: VISUS methodology. Volume 3: VISU

The UNESCO Guidelines for Assessing Learning Facilities in the Context of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, composed of three volumes, provide detailed information on the VISUS methodology and on how to adapt it to a particular context. They aim to group the necessary elements of information for an assessment of the physical vulnerabilities of learning facilities from a multi-hazard perspective. The VISUS methodology can be applied nationwide relatively quickly and inexpensively. It identifies potentially unsafe buildings in learning facilities and provides information that can be used by decision-makers to implement strategies aimed at improving the safety of those buildings. The results of the assessment can be used, among other ways, to populate national Education Management Information Systems (EMIS). The results inform the initial planning for and design of restoration, refurbishment, retrofitting, reconstruction or relocation programmes, whether local or national.