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Disaster risk reduction related documents from the ISDR partnership and the disaster risk reduction (DRR) community.

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Title	Source	Publication Date
Climate change: a development challenge	IFAD	2010
What we know, don't know, and need to know about climate change vulnerability in the western Canadian Arctic: a systematic literature review	Ford, James D.; Pearce , Tristan	2010
Dangerous climate change and the importance of adaptation for the Arctic's Inuit population	Ford, James D.	2009
Coast 2050: toward a sustainable coastal Louisiana	DNR, United States of America - gov	1998
Cities and climate change: initial lessons from UN-HABITAT	UN-HABITAT	2009
Disaster reduction in the Americas: ISDR informs, issue 16, 2009	UNISDR - AM	2009
SCP/LA21 en Arequipa	UN-HABITAT	2007
Vulnerability to climate change in the Arctic: a case study from Arctic Bay, Nunavut	Ford, James D.; Smit, Barry; Wandel, Johanna	2006
The Manitoba challenge: linking water and land management for climate adaptation	IISD	2010
Security and emergency planning for water and wastewater utilities	AWWA	2010
Cetaceans and other marine biodiversity of the Eastern Tropical Pacific: options for adapting to climate change	WWF	2009
Learning from recovery after hurricane Mitch: experience from Nicaragua	GDR; Nitlapan; ProVention Consortium; SEI	2010
Understanding adaptive policy mechanisms through farm-level studies of adaptation to weather events in Alberta, Canada	Swanson, Darren A.; Venema, Henry David; Rust, Christa; Medlock, Jennifer	2009
Earthquake resistant housing: technical brief	Practical Action	2008
Andean Community Disaster Prevention Project (PREDECAN) 2005-2009 final report	CAN; EC	2009
Prevención y reducción de riesgos a través de los instrumentos de planificación territorial en Bogotá	CAN; EC	2009
El conocimiento como hilo conductor en la gestión ambiental del riesgo en el departamento de Risaralda	CAN; EC	2009
Manual for vulnerability reduction in community based projects	UNDP Mexico	2009
Procedures manual for the Micro-regional Units (UMACs)	UNDP Mexico	2009
Disaster risk management: social participation, gender equality and cultural/indigenous approach	UNDP	2009
Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)	Krishnamurthy, R.R.; Glavovic, Bruce C.; Kannen, Andreas; Green, David R.; Ramanathan, AL.; Han, Zengcui; Tinti, Stefano; Agardy, Tundi (Eds.)	2008
Disaster reduction and human security	KU GSGES; UNESCO	2005
2°C is too much! WWF adaptation case studies for responding to climate change impacts	WWF	2009
ENOS variabilidad climática y riesgo de desabre en las Américas: procesos, patrones y gestión	FLACSO; IAI; Oxfam Intl; LA RED	2008
Enhancing community-based disaster preparedness with information technology: community disaster information system	NIH	2008
Humanitarian assistance: towards building a regional mechanism	CCB, Argentina - gov	2009
Estrategias de proteccion civil y gestion de riesgo hidrometeorologico ante el cambio climatico	INE	2008
2009 California climate adaptation strategy	State of California, United States of America - gov	2009
El cambio climático: causas, consecuencias y la reducción de riesgos de desastre de Cruz Roja Costarricense	Cruz Roja Costarricense; IFRC; Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre	2009
Haiti: a gathering storm	Oxfam Intl	2009
Briefing note 02: adaptation to climate change by reducing disaster risks: country practices and lessons	UNISDR	2009
Assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate risks: methods for investigation at local and national levels	IISD; WB	2009
Running dry? Climate change in drylands and how to cope with it	GIZ, Germany - gov	2009
Andean environmental agenda for 2006-2010	CAN	2006
'Drop, cover and hold' still the best advice	CDEM, New Zealand - gov	2009
Climate sense	WMO	2009
Atlas de las dinámicas del territorio Andino: población y bienes expuestos a amenazas naturales	CAN	2009
Climate change and Caribbean economies: implications, adaptation and risk management	CCRIF; CaribRM	2009
Climate change and the Caribbean: a regional framework for achieving development resilient to climate change	CCCCC	2009
Disaster risk reduction and vulnerable populations in Jamaica: protecting children within the comprehensive disaster management (CDM) framework	ODPEM, Jamaica - gov	2007
Good morning, America! The explosive U.S. awakening to the need for adaptation	California Energy Commission, United States of America - gov; NOAA, United States of America - gov	2009
Human development report 2009, overcoming barriers: human mobility and development	UNDP	2009
Beyond Aid: ensuring adaptation to climate change works for the poor	Oxfam GB	2009
Buenas prácticas para la reducción del riesgo de desastres en la agricultura Cubana	Cuba - gov; FAO Headquarters	2008
Urban risk management in Latin America: compendium of articles / La gestión de riesgo urbano en América Latina: recopilación de artículos	UNISDR - AM	2009
The path to responsible development: disaster risk reduction	InterAction	2008
Evaluation of DIPECHO action plans in Central America	DARA; ECHO	2007
Hazard & risk science review 2009	ABUHRC	2009
The Millennium Development Goals report 2009	UN DESA	2009
Index insurance and climate risk: prospects for development and disaster management	IRI	2009