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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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Assessing the impact of wildfires on the Swedish housing market: a case study of the 2014 Västmanland wildfire thumbnail
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The study investigates how the largest wildfire in Sweden's recent history, the 2014 wildfire in Västmanland County, affected nearby housing prices and time-on-market.

Economics of Disasters and Climate Change (Springer)
Coupling land use planning and multi-stakeholder dynamics to inform disaster risk management: Who pays for risk and who gains from intervention? thumbnail
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This study assesses how land use and acquisition strategies shape disaster losses, government expenditures, and household outcomes over time.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Extreme flood events as a neglected natural hazard for marginalized Roma communities of Slovakia thumbnail
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Marginalized Roma communities (MRCs) located in flood prone areas represent a highly pressing research challenge.

Natural Hazards (Springer)
Disaster risk in Brazil: trends, challenges and policy insights thumbnail
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The study analyzes the evolution of DRR policies in Brazil and examines how these developments are reflected in disaster outcomes.

Natural Hazards (Springer)
A novel dynamic disaster risk assessment of urban built environments: An application to flood and earthquake thumbnail
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This study presents a dynamic disaster risk assessment methodology for urban built environments, integrating flood and earthquake scenarios with spatiotemporal patterns of population exposure and vulnerability.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Disaster risk planning in an evolving risk landscape: Barriers and enablers in the integration of land use and preparedness actors thumbnail
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This study explored barriers and enablers in collaborative planning within an evolving risk landscape. In this context, friction-free, bidirectional feedback between the preventive and the reactive parts of the DRM system-of-systems is essential.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Early-warning engineering for corridor vulnerability: A remote sensing threshold model for disaster risk reduction in Tanzania thumbnail
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This research article examines how Earth observation technologies can strengthen early warning and disaster risk reduction for transport infrastructure in Tanzania.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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A comprehensive, sector-by-sector practical guide helping humanitarian organizations understand, prepare for, and respond to the rapidly growing threat of extreme heat and heatwaves.

International Medical Corps