
There is a lot of rhetoric suggesting that disaster risk reduction (DRR) pays, yet surprisingly little in the way of hard facts. This review paper...
Given the series of large-scale flood disasters that have occurred in recent years, there is a growing recognition among community leaders,...
Nepal is severely flood-prone and ranks 20th worldwide in terms of flood-affected population. Although it is widely acknowledged that both national...
Making the case for pre-event disaster risk reduction Large-scale flood disasters in recent years vividly demonstrate the need to invest in risk...
Economic losses as a result of natural hazards have been rising over the past few decades due to socio-economic development and perhaps climate...
This poster was presented by Practical Action at the American Geophysics Union 2018. The session on Building Resilience to Natural Hazards by...
Groups vulnerable to storms and typhoons are often poor, and many lack basic resources for response and recovery. Due to technical failures in...
As the first study of its kind undertaken in the Maldives it supports evidence based decision making for national policy makers in the reduction of...
One commonly proposed method to limit flood risk is land‐use or zoning policies which regulates construction in high‐risk areas, in order to reduce...
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