22 Oct 2015
This publication serves to document the lessons learned by Asian Disaster Preparedness Center ADPC and its development partners during their work in Thailand, with a focus on the implementation experience of projects following the ‘Great Floods...
Tags: Report, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Risk Reduction
21 Jan 2014
Global natural disasters in 2013 combined to cause economic losses of USD192 billion, 4% below the ten year average of USD200 billion. The losses were generated by 296 separate events, compared to an average of 259. The disasters caused insured l...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation
18 Nov 2023
In the Nexus of Heat Wave Risks: Iron oxide primer coating of corrugated iron roofs for space cooling Nadim Reza Khandaker, Ph.D., P.Eng., Arup Ratan Das, North South University Bangladesh Corresponding Author email: nadim.khandaker@northsouth.edu Th...
Tags: Research, Climate Change Adaptation