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Assessment or evaluation, Research
01 Dec 2023
Climate vulnerability and change can have significant impacts on regional, national, and local development efforts. In order to reduce these impacts and promote climate-resilient development, decision and development practitioners need to understand ...
Tags: Assessment or evaluation, Research, Climate Change Adaptation, Community Risk Assessment, Drought, Flood, Landslide
Case Study, Research
23 Nov 2023
About Project In this project, funded by the Center of Disaster & Philanthropy (CDP), Relief International (RI) rebuilt three Flood Protection Walls in District Dera Ismail Khan, to save more than 11,000 flood affectees from future floods. The wa...
Tags: Case Study, Research, Disability Inclusive Disaster Preparedness, Post-Disaster Recovery
Research
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
Report, Research
17 Nov 2023
This paper is a contribution by the Danish Red Cross and CARE Denmark to the ongoing discussions on the climate change driven losses and damages. It aims to deepen the understanding of economic and non-economic loss and damage, the way it is experien...
Tags: Report, Research, Climate Change Adaptation
Research
03 Nov 2023
St Vincent and the Grenadines is prone to a wide range of natural hazards which include hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, droughts and landslides. In 2021, the National Society and their volunteers were asked to bolster the national disaster management...
Tags: Research, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Report, Research
25 Oct 2023
This report was prepared by Academic Alliance for Anticipatory Action. Authors: By Leah B. Poole , Evan Easton-Calabria , Selma M. Lendelvo , Gert Van Rooy , Mechtilde Pinto , Tandi K. Litwayi , Luis Artur , Rogerio Sitole , Shampa , Mashfiqus Salehi...
Tags: Report, Research, Climate Change Adaptation, Early Warning Systems
Report, Research
28 Sep 2023
The rise in extreme temperatures due to climate change is generating a direct impact on human health, ranging from dehydration, heat cramps, heat strokes, increased mental illnesses, to renal and cardio-pulmonary diseases, and even premature death. M...
Tags: Report, Research, Heat Wave
Case Study, Research
09 Aug 2023
In this Commentary, the authors reflect on the commonalities of Indigenous actions across multiple settings, recently synthesized at a COVID Observatories workshop at the Keystone Foundation in Kotagiri, India (March 19–21, 2023). The COVID-19 pand...
Tags: Case Study, Research, COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Case Study, Research
26 Jul 2023
Websites related to storm surge risks mostly follow an instructive approach, often combining flood risk maps with historical information on floods, and instructions on how to behave in case of an approaching emergency, such as a dike break. Sometimes...
Tags: Case Study, Research, Behavior Change and Disaster Preparedness
Case Study, Research
26 Jul 2023
This paper shows how educational games for enhanced disaster preparedness can be created in cooperation / collaboration with local communities. The specific case presented discusses how students from the local university (here: La Plata National Univ...
Tags: Case Study, Research, Behavior Change and Disaster Preparedness, Community Engagement and Accountability