Responding to natural disasters
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- Putting emergency reponses at the core of UK Government policy
- ( Department for International Development, UK , 2011)
- The scale, frequency and severity of rapid onset humanitarian disasters will continue to grow in the coming years, due to a number of factors - including rapid population growth, e...
- Reviewing the role of World Bank post-disaster cash transfers in Asia
- ( R. Heltberg / Development Policy Review , 2007)
- This article reviews major cash transfers to households as a mean of social protection in a number of Asian countries. Looking at Turkey, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Pakistan in particular, the a...
- How can resilience be built?
- ( International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) , 2005)
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This paper presents a detailed overview of ‘The Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015', which was adopted at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held in Hyogo, Japan in 2005.
- How can DRR and CCA be integrated?
- ( A. Gero;K. Méheux;D. Dominey-Howes / University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australian Tsunami Research Centre & Natural Hazards Research Laboratory (ATRC-NHRL) , 2010)
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This paper presents the integration of DRR and CCA initiatives in the pacific community, and draws upon the knowledge and insight of key stakeholders from multiple backgrounds to develop an un...
- Promoting an integrated approach to Disaster Risk Management
- ( F. Sperling;F. Szekely / International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) , 2005)
- Climate change is a reality, not a distant possibility in the future. Weather-related disasters are exerting an increasing toll on developing and developed countries, destroying lives and livelihoods ...
- Incentivising convergence of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
- ( T. Mitchell;M. van Aalst / PreventionWeb , 2008)
- Development faces a growing threat from climate change. Yet despite the significant overlap, the respective agendas of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) have ...
- A projection of people affected annually by climate-related natural disasters up to 2015
- ( S. Ganeshan;W. Diamond / Oxfam , 2009)
- The analysis in this paper identifies an underlying upward trend in the numbers of people affected by climate related disasters since 1980. This paper predicts that, by 2015, on average over 375 milli...
- What is the role of the affected state in disaster response?
- ( P. Harvey / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI , 2009)
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This brief asserts that research relating to humanitarian crises has largely focused on what international aid agencies and donor governments do in response to disasters. Much less attention h...
- Integrating gender issues in humanitarian responses to conflicts and emergencies
- ( United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs , 2006)
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In the rush to provide humanitarian response when a disaster hits or a conflict erupts, paying specific attention to gender issues may seem irrelevant. This handbook sets forth standards for the in...
- Asking the right questions about climate change risks and effects
- ( M. Van Aalst;M. Helmer;C. de Jong;et al. / Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness , 2007)
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The Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Guide puts forward experiences of more than forty National Societies who in the last five years have started to address climate change in their work. The guide ...
