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Displaying 30 of about 420 resultsThis document aims to provide a more in-depth understanding of how gender informs environment-related vulnerabilities, and the impact of climate change and disaster risks on different groups of women’s and men’s lives and livelihoods in Cambodia.
The project has analyzed existing data and maps in order to understand environmental factors and resi…
The ADPC Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management has been established since 2000. The Committee comprises members of the ADPC Board of Trustees/Advisory Council who are heads of national disaster management systems of countries of the Asian region. The role of the consultative committee is to provide an informal consultative mechanism for…
Documented evidence from around the world demonstrates that climate change and disaster impacts are not gender neutral. This also applies to Asia where available evidence shows there are differences in how men and women are affected by, cope with, and respond to the effects of climate change and disasters. Females, as a social group, are the most advers…
Cambodia is highly vulnerable to climate change (CC). Rising temperatures are expected to reduce productivity in agriculture, fisheries and forests and to reduce labour productivity across most sectors. Changing rainfall patterns will lead to increased flooding, drought and storms which will also reduce resource productivity, especially in agricultur…
Using the Dartmouth Flood Observatory large flood data archive, this study aim s to assess the trend of flood occurrence in the Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA) in 1985–2018, and quantify the associated impacts on humans. A differentiation that authors make is between landfall-induced floods (TCFloods) and floods by all causes (ALLfloods).
Some of t…
The course will focus on building capacities in integrating gender concepts and methodologies in
developing strategies for climate change adaptation and mitigation actions. The course will be conducted
by the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) with Gender Works. IIRR is an international
development and training organization with over…
The Twelfth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-12) will be held on 26 - 28 January 2011 in Hong Kong.
The conference will be hosted by the Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. EASEC was founded by Professor Fumio Nishino, and the first conference was held in Ban…
These regional guidelines on watershed-scale vulnerability and adaptation assessments (W-VAAs) are the product of a multiyear collaboration among the institutions listed above. The guidelines synthesize the shared knowledge and experience of the roundtable partners in developing frameworks for vulnerability and adaptation assessments (VAAs) and implemen…
In 1995, as a result of the countries experience with regularly occuring disasters, the Royal Government of Cambodia established a National Committee for disaster management(NCDM). The NCDM`s responsibilities are defined in terms of, not only with providing timely and effective emergency relief to victims of disasters, but also to developing preventive…
ASEAN region is home to various types of disasters, large and small scales caused by various drivers. Risk drivers in ASEAN countries may vary, but among many vulnerable groups and sectors, children regularly lose school days, have more detrimental effects and bear the negative impacts on their education over their whole school experience. Damaged schoo…
The National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) 2014-2018 is organised in seven Chapters. Following the Introduction in this Chapter, the plan presents a summary of major achievements and challenges faced in the implementation of NSDP Update 2009-2013 in Chapter II. Chapter III outlines the Macroeconomic Framework for NSDP 2014-2018. Chapter IV presents…
Background
The Cambodia Community Based Adaptation Programme (CCBAP), funded by Sweden has an overall objective of improving community based adaptation and climate resilience in vulnerable communities in flood/drought prone provinces of Cambodia. The CCBAP started on 10 December 2010 and will end on 31 December 2013. The CCBAP has three main outputs: (…
The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is a non-profit organization supporting the advancement of safer communities and sustainable development, through implementing programs and projects that reduce the impact of disasters upon countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific, by:
- Developing and enhancing sustainable institutional disaster ri…
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