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Explore a comprehensive collection of publications, reports, and documents that focus on disaster risk and resilience.

These resources offer insights, best practices, and research aimed at mitigating the impact of disasters. Whether you're seeking the latest research, policy recommendations, or case studies, this library supports knowledge sharing and informed decision-making in building safer, more resilient communities.

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Multi-hazard exposure disproportionately affects vulnerable populations globally thumbnail
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This study provides a global analysis of multi-hazard exposure and disparities in socio-economic vulnerabilities using data on hazard co-occurrence and population distribution for the period 2004–2017.

Communications Earth & Environment (Nature)
Community-led drainage construction to reduce prolonged flooding thumbnail
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This solutions brief shares practical and replicable local knowledge of this approach in Nij Goddimari village in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh, a community which faces chronic flooding and waterlogging due to its proximity to the Saniajan River.

Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance
State of the climate in Africa 2025 thumbnail
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This report provides a consolidated regional assessment, with authoritative information on key climate indicators, impacts and risks to support decision-making.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Publication Cover Building a Safer Society through Science and Technology
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This casebook highlights the implementation of science and technology-based disaster management, featuring 24 Korean practices across four thematic areas, along with Korea's success factors and remaining challenges. It is available in English and Korean.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Ministry of the Interior and Safety
Standing the heat: an analysis of heatwave financing in India’s Union budget thumbnail
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This report highlights a significant gap in dedicated public financing for heat resilience In India.

Greenpeace International
Deep learning completes US flood hazard maps revealing millions exposed to previously unrecognized risk thumbnail
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This paper presents a deep-learning framework that learns from existing records to produce a spatially complete 30-m flood hazard map for the contiguous US, filling unmapped regions and updating legacy extents.

Nature Communications (Nature)
Seismic capacity survey and earthquake risk assessment of self-built buildings in rural areas of Shanghai Municipality thumbnail
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This study conducted field research and theoretical calculations to gain an overall understanding of the seismic performance of these buildings.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Rapid assessment of flood-induced agricultural losses to support infrastructure and policy decisions thumbnail
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This study develops an integrated, stochastic modeling framework to quantify three distinct agricultural flood-damage aspects—prevented planting, unharvested acreage, and yield loss—in Chariton County, Missouri.

Journal of Flood Risk Management (Wiley)