Social impacts and social resilience

The Muli safe shelter will serve as an Emergency Operations Centre in times of emergency, as well as a centre to provide shelter for the island population in the event of a 'natural' disaster...

This paper considers disaster risk management as a crucial element of the Maldives’ sustainable development. It seeks to enable communities to manage impact of climate change and reduce disaster risk vulnerabilities, with a main objective centred on

This booklet of practical information shares knowledge accumulated through the project "NGO Training for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia" aimed at strengthening the capacities of the members of the Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN), an

The strategy includes developing climate resilience through improved understanding of the vulnerability of critical infrastructure, a reduction in the number of people at high risk of landslides in St. Lucia, improved management of protected areas, and the establishment of financing mechanisms for critical ecosystems...

This paper approaches the challenges of climate change from the point of view of its impact on hunger and nutrition. It presents the sophisticated early warning and vulnerability analysis tools that WFP uses and shares to predict and map the risk of

New York City Panel on Climate Change 2010 report, volume 1196:

This volume is a study on climate change and its impact, as well as a legal, insurance, and risk management expertise. It presents the report of the New York City Panel on Climate Change

This information paper gives a brief description of ongoing USAID/OFDA disaster risk reduction (DRR) programmes active in fiscal year 2009, grouped according to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) priority that the respective programme promotes. It

EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, vol. 91, doi:10.1029/2010EO190001:

This study analysed the volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens on 18 May 1980, and revolutionized the way scientists approach the field of volcanology. It states that lives