Social impacts and social resilience

Commonwealth Secretariat discussion paper number 8:

This paper addresses climate change and slum-based poverty among the challenges of sustainable urbanisation. It asserts that the slums will also be the locations most vulnerable to hazards linked to

Latin America/Caribbean report n°32 – 31 March 2010:

This paper calls the international community to build Haiti back better through a joint commitment to reconstruction over at least a decade and a first round of pledges that match the magnitude of the

This publication allows African women and men to describe, in their own words, how climate change is affecting their lives and how they are adapting to survive. It addresses strategies that can be implemented by communities in order to adapt to the

This toolkit provides disaster managers, local and municipal and community planners, as well as other stakeholders in the tourism sector with practical guidance on how to better prepare for disasters in tourist destinations. It gives information and

A declaration made by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) including heads of the Governments of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, at the First Summit of the Mekong

This document reports on main developments and highlights results obtained by the UNESCO Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Platform over the 2008-2009 biennium in its effort to reduce vulnerabilities – whether relating to disasters, climate change, or

This book examines the emerging environmental stresses on coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the resulting challenges confronting coastal planners and decision makers in a warming world. It assesses the prospective risks to coastal ecosystems and

This paper sets out what the European Union needs to deliver to achieve progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and addresses other pressing development challenges such as people’s vulnerability to disasters as well as adaptation