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Explore a comprehensive collection of publications, reports, and documents that focus on disaster risk and resilience.

These resources offer insights, best practices, and research aimed at mitigating the impact of disasters. Whether you're seeking the latest research, policy recommendations, or case studies, this library supports knowledge sharing and informed decision-making in building safer, more resilient communities.

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Protecting value in at-risk developments: The case for property flood resilience (PFR) thumbnail
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This study explores how surface water flood risk affects developers’ financial exposure during construction and sales, and whether cost-effective property-level resilience measures can reduce these impacts across different housing development scenarios.

Public First
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This paper outlines commonalities across domains & a phased roadmap (governance, platform, operations, scaling), with KPIs & measures e.g legal mandates, integration units, CAP interoperability, blended finance & PPPs to embed early warning in eGovernance

World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews (WJARR)
Counting the cost of heat: the case for urgent solutions for cities thumbnail
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This report reveals that extreme heat is emerging as one of the most underestimated threats to economic development worldwide, hammering city economies, overwhelming health systems, and falling hardest on women working on the frontlines of a hotter world.

HERA (Climate Resilience for All)
Handbook on macroeconomic modelling for climate resilience thumbnail
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This handbook provides guidance for designing and implementing technical assistance on macroeconomic modelling to support climate resilient economic development in partner countries.

Adaptation Community
Early warning early action in a world of changing risk thumbnail
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This report draws on best practice from across the anticipatory action community and beyond to identify how systems and practices can be strengthened to remain effective as risks change, including under climate change.

Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre
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This study seeks to understand how UHI risks are perceived, prioritised, and addressed in Sri Lankan cities, identify barriers and enablers influencing local government action.

University of Huddersfield
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This study aims to synthesise existing knowledge on urban heat island mechanisms, patterns, and impacts; review strategies for reducing UHI and heat risks; and develop a conceptual framework to support urban heat resilience and sustainable city planning.

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
How hazards turn into disasters: Perspectives of emergency responders thumbnail
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This study investigates how disaster and emergency management professionals prioritize the factors that shape disaster risk and resilience across different contexts.

Delft University of Technology