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    A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Practical Action’s Livelihood-Centred Disaster Risk Reduction Project in Nepal

    Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group], 2011
    This study provides a systematic cost-benefit analysis of a community-based disaster risk management project led by Practical Action in two districts of Nepal over the period 2007 to 2010. The objectives of the project are:
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    Learning to ADAPT: monitoring and evaluation approaches in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction – challenges, gaps and ways forward

    Eldis Community, 2011
    This working paper is a methodological contribution to the emerging debate on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the context of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Effectively managing disaster risk is critical for adapting to the impacts of climate change, however, disasters risk reduction M&E practice may be limited in capturing progress towards adaptation.
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    Effective measures to build resilience in Africa to adapt to climate change

    International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2011
    This policy brief reflects that African countries are committed and investing funds to reduce risk to floods and droughts, albeit too little and still insufficiently in development sectors.
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    A better climate for disaster risk management

    International Research Institute for Climate and Society, 2011
    This paper highlights recent advances in the use of climate information to improve livelihoods and save lives.
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    Assessing Progress on Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Development Processes

    Eldis Community, 2010
    This paper reviews the extent of convergence between disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) at a number of scales. It also examines what is at stake if the two agendas do not converge. The authors present updated evidence of where DRR and CCA are already converging and evaluate obstacles to further convergence.
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    Urban and Megacities disaster risk reduction: manual of sound practices

    Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative, 2007
    Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is an important component for achieving sustainable development of cities and progress towards the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. This manual is a disaster risk communication tool aimed at facilitating the understanding of disaster vulnerabilities and risk to megacities and large complex urban areas.
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    Climate Disaster Resilience: focus on coastal urban cities in Asia

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2009
    Coastal urban cities in Asia are experiencing ever-increasing vulnerability due to climate change impacts and fast-growing urban development. This study measures the existing level of climate disaster resilience of the targeted areas using a Climate Disaster Resilience Index (CDRI) which is based on natural, physical, social, economic and institutional dimensions.
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    Climate change and local level Disaster Risk Reduction planning: need, opportunities and challenges

    Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network: Indore Initiative, 2009
    This paper examines strategic disaster risk reduction and what needs to be done to get reliable estimates of future climate change impacts. It looks at problems in the existing disaster risk management planning and highlights the need for a change in existing disaster risk reduction practices.
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    Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation

    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2012
    This Summary for Policymakers presents key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). It assesses scientific literature on issues that range from the relationship between climate change, extreme weather and climate events to the implications of these events for society and sustainable development.
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    Reducing Risk through Environment in Recovery Operations

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2009
    Increasing attention is being paid to the importance attached to environmental issues in recovery operations and the new challenges climate change will pose to communities already vulnerable to natural hazards. The purpose of this paper is to provide an introductory review of the current status of recovery operations in terms of integrating environment and long-term disaster risk reduction (DRR).

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