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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

A swollen river in Asayita, Ethiopia due to heavy rainfall
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Widespread parts of Asia and Africa reel under extreme weather

Extreme rainfall and floods have claimed many lives and caused economic and agricultural losses in East Africa and parts of the Arabian peninsular. Intense heat has gripped large parts of Asia, disrupting daily life and posing a serious health threat.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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Nature-based solutions key to improving local livelihoods in the Barak-Meghna river basin

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) promote coherency among various sectoral policies to secure climate resilient development. In the context of Assam, India, this is key to achieving the goals set out in the State Disaster Risk Reduction Roadmap 2030.
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
A woman being wheeled in a wheelchair at the 7th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, 27 May 2022, Bali, Indonesia
Research briefs

Marginalized communities develop 'disaster subculture' when living through extreme climate events, study finds

Locations around the globe are experiencing climate disasters on a regular basis. But some of the most marginalized populations experience disasters so often it has come to be normalized.
University of Kansas
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Documents and publications

2024 - Supercharging social protection systems with anticipatory cash: Case study on Fiji’s Anticipatory Action Framework

This case study provides a technical overview of the collaborative process through which the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Fijian Government set up innovative structures to provide cash assistance ahead of anticipated cyclones.
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Documents and publications

Exploring the determinants of disaster and climate resilience building in Zimbabwe’s rural communities

The study’s main thrust is to establish the determinants of resilience building in Zimbabwe’s rural communities.
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Documents and publications

Integrating social vulnerability into high-resolution global flood risk mapping

The study aims to identify and characterize 'hotspots' of flood risk, accounting for spatial variation in social vulnerability, to provide improved insights into the geography of risk and enhance disaster risk planning and response efforts.
A man wades through the flood in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Keeping it fair: How to account for inequity in climate and disaster risk analyses

Incorporating social inequalities into climate risk analyses offers a more just consideration of the vulnerabilities of different communities.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Documents and publications

Understanding the sustainable development of community (social) disaster resilience in Serbia: Demographic and socio-economic impacts

This paper presents the results of quantitative research examining the impacts of demographic and socioeconomic factors on the sustainable development of community disaster resilience.

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