23 Sep 2019
The International Federation of the Red Cross Red Crescent Societies presents the report: The Cost of Doing Nothing, an analysis showing that if no urgent action is taken now, the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance annually due to t...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Risk Assessment
15 Jan 2018
Resilience: rising to the challenge in coastal regions Coastal areas offer unique opportunities and challenges. The dynamics of the physical processes (from the daily tides to the ever-changing morphology) form the backdrop to some of the world’s m...
Tags: Research, Business Preparedness, Climate Change Adaptation, Early Warning Systems, Earthquake, Flood, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Tsunami
26 Sep 2016
Children, young people and flooding: Recovery and resilience Research with flood-affected children reveals serious impacts on well-being but also a desire to take on a role in flood risk management. Lancaster University researchers found that factors...
Tags: Report, Flood, Post-Disaster Recovery, Youth Disaster Preparedness