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Social impacts and social resilience

The ability of a community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions through risk management. 

Latest Social impacts & resilience additions in the Knowledge Base

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South Asia: Collaborating for climate resilience through hydromet and early warning systems

The South Asia Hydromet Forum, supported by the World Bank, brings together representatives from meteorological and hydrological services for technical training, data sharing, and knowledge exchange to strengthen forecasting and early warning systems.
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New report reveals children of migrants bear the brunt of climate change-related migration in Southeast Asia

A new report shows how migration in the context of climate change is profoundly affecting the lives of children in Southeast Asia.
World Vision International
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Neighbouring for climate: a toolkit to inspire climate action with your neighbours!

Neighbouring for Climate is a City of Edmonton program to bring neighbours together to take action on climate change. With easy-to-use climate action cards, Neighbouring for Climate provides suggestions and tips.
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The measurement of rural community resilience to natural disaster in China

Taking Xun County of China’s Henan Province as the study area, the paper aims to evaluate rural community resilience to flood by unveiling the connection between individuals’ cognition, follow-up actions and the community resilience.
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Grand Canyon hiker deaths rise amid intense heat, flash floods

Multiple hikers have died this summer in the Grand Canyon National Park — a U.S. West landscape known not only for its rugged beauty, but also for its perilous weather extremes.
The Hill
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Maturity model: Adaptative social protection system

This model is organized into 7 dimensions and consists of 50 indicators. It assesses the level of maturity of the system across 5 different levels.
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Vulnerability and exploitation – human trafficking after disasters

The instability and destruction of the economic and social structure post-disaster drive violence insofar as malignant bad actors seek opportunities to prey on those most impacted.
Domestic Preparedness
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The negative effect of temperature variability on household wealth in low- and middle-income countries

The objective of this paper is to investigate the causal relationship between day-to-day temperature variability and household wealth in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and to explore how this relationship may vary across different regions.
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