Adaptation: The adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.
21 May 2013, AlertNet
The Global Platform is highly important for the international community to agree a strong successor framework that builds on the achievements of the Hyogo Framework for Action, and to ensure clear links between discussions on post-2015 frameworks to enable sustainable development through reduced disaster loss...
Manual de ingenieria naturalistica2012, Plan Intl; SNGR, Ecuador - gov; UNDP Ecuador
Disaster management: engineering and environmental aspects2013
Disaster risk reduction: joining the dots2013, VOICE
Disaster response and climate change in the Pacific2013, NCCARF; UTS
The coming flood: Explore the future's rising seasFeb 2013, PIK
Maplecroft: Climate change vulnerability index 2013 – Most at risk citiesNov 2012, Maplecroft
Exposure of the population to natural hazardsAug 2011, UNU-EHS
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