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Business case for DRR

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Introduction

These resources explore the economic, social and environmental dividends of investing in disaster risk reduction. Read more about the business case for DRR.
 

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Documents and publications
2017

Economic effectiveness of implementing a statewide building code: The case of Florida

Hurricane Andrew revealed inadequate construction practices were utilized in the U.S. state of Florida for decades. In response, Florida adopted a new statewide code – the 2001 Florida Building Code (FBC) which became one of the strictest in the nation

Elsevier
Documents and publications
2017

Benefits of action and costs of inaction in a water reservoir project for agricultural purposes in Azacualpa, Honduras

This study analyses the cost of inaction and the benefits of action in Azacualpa, a small village in the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, the capital City of Honduras, where 27 reservoirs were built as a strategy to face drought, which had been affecting up to

World Meteorological Organization Global Water Partnership - Central America
Documents and publications
2017

A global framework for future costs and benefits of river-flood protection in urban areas

This paper presents a framework for assessing the costs and benefits of structural flood protection measures in urban areas around the world.
Nature Climate Change
Documents and publications
2017

Guide to the resilience dividend valuation model

This guide provides a detailed overview of the Resilience Dividend Valuation Model (RDVM) to help policymakers and practitioners understand how it can be implemented across a range of contexts.

The RAND Corporation and the Rockefeller Foundation formed

RAND Corporation
Documents and publications
2017

Resilience dividend valuation model: Framework development and initial case studies

This report describes how the RAND Corporation developed the Resilience Dividend Valuation Model (RDVM), a modelling framework that can be used to estimate the net benefits of a resilience project, and offers a set of case studies to demonstrate how it

RAND Corporation
Documents and publications
2017

Strengthening weather and climate services: A cost-benefit analysis forecast

This case study describes work commissioned by the Met Office to conduct a Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) forecast, which focused on the impacts related to droughts and landslides in Rwanda. The analysis was done in support of Meteo Rwanda's FONERWA project

Met Office
Documents and publications
2017

Benefits of farm level disaster risk reduction practices in agriculture

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is conducting a comprehensive study across regions to assess the benefit from applying DRR good practices in agriculture. The study identify practices that help to reduce the vulnerability

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters
Documents and publications
2017

Defining the resilience dividend: Accounting for co-benefits of resilience planning

This report presents the concept of the resilience dividend as a useful metric for community resilience planning. The report suggests defining the resilience dividend as the net co-benefit (or co-cost) of investing in enhanced resilience, in the absence

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Documents and publications
2013

Cost-benefit analysis of livestock protection in disaster risk management

This paper reports on original research undertaken by the World Animal Protection (WSPA) to analyse costs and benefits of livestock protection in disaster risk management (DRM). The research provides a solution-based example of how disaster risk reduction

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction World Animal Protection
Documents and publications
2016

Cost-benefit analysis of disaster risk reduction: A synthesis for informed decision making

The objective of this paper, commissioned by Aktion Deutschland Hilft e.V., is the development of a structured synthesis of available case studies to create generalised statements about the economic efficiency of disaster risk reduction (DRR). Furthermore

Aktion Deutschland Hilft

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