India

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To inform debate on how scarce public funds could most efficiently be allocated to reduce deaths and productivity loss due to extreme heat, this paper develops spatially explicit heat risk maps for Lucknow, Chennai, and Surat under climate scenarios,
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This paper discusses how mono-criterion approaches in bridge resilience focused on distress symptoms will need to evolve into a multi-criteria decision-making process.
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This research explores bridge resilience and the significance of resilience within bridge management and emphasizes the significance in mitigating risks associated with aging structures from occurrence of natural hazards.
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This study explores the vulnerabilities of cotton farmers in India. Based on interviews and focus groups, it reveals their perceptions of and responses to climate and other shocks, and the current and potential use of insurance as a risk management tool.
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This paper discusses how social protection can become more ‘anticipatory’ and make food security more resilient to climate risks.
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This paper examines the impact of school-age exposure to storms on education and employment outcomes in India.
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This paper documents the outcomes of a year-long intervention designed to address climate challenges in Jodhpur, India utilising a mixed methods that featured the production of the documentary "Sanchay".
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This is India's Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).

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