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Displaying 9 of about 9 resultsThis book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 160, August 2017
Can cutting edge innovations that integrate disaster risk reduction with climate change adaptation transform our views on risk from the standpoint of individuals, institutions and investments that shape resilience?
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net offers a range of such examples from India, prevale…
By Sarah Boulter
When tragedies such as the NSW bushfires strike it might feel thoughtless and insensitive to talk about climate change. But history proves there are three reasons that disasters are precisely the time to talk about preparing and adapting to extreme events.
Is climate change to blame for extreme weather?
It’s almost impossible to attri…
Manila – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved assistance of over $220 million to help Pakistan rebuild and upgrade roads, bridges and other high-priority infrastructure damaged by the devastating 2014 floods.
“Pakistan is highly dependent on agriculture and prone to floods and other extreme weather related-events like the current severe heat w…
Press release:
· New report highlights human cost of climate change and impact on cash-strapped aid budgets
· October 1 debate on issues at Labour conference, featuring Shadow Minister Rushanara Ali
· Video news release and photographs from Bangladesh and Kenya available for media use
· Disaster expert, report author and Islamic Relief’s UK Director av…
By Daniel J. Weiss and Jackie Weidman
The tragic and devastating superstorm Sandy is only the latest in a long list of extreme weather events that have devastated the United States in recent years. In the past two years alone, we suffered from at least 21 floods, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, and severe storms that each caused at least $1 bill…
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Countries that are graduating from the least developed category often face the same climate and disaster risks they faced before graduation, while financing remains a challenge. Considering that development pathways that are not informed by disaster risks could inadvertently create new risks, graduating countries risk to los…
Spatio-temporal mapping of climatic and biological disaster outbreak in India has been undertaken using historical data and scientific tools to explore options to support for relief, recovery, resilience, and adaptation through integration with existing development programmes. Floods, Droughts, Cyclones, Heat Waves and Cold Waves, Dengue,…
This volume presents eighteen case studies of natural disasters from Australia, Europe, North America and developing countries. By comparing the impacts, it seeks to identify what moves people to adapt, which adaptive activities succeed and which fail, and the underlying reasons, and the factors that determine when adaptation is required and when simply…