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Disaster Risk Reduction. A review of DRR work by DEC Member Agencies in response to the 2004 Tsunami
Reliefweb, 2010This review report from the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) examines whether its vision of a more long-lasting impact had been achieved in terms of strengthening the 2004 Tsunami-affected population’s resilience to future environmental shocks and disasters in Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia. Its purpose is to inform future disaster responses by identifying lessons learnt.DocumentMainstreaming disaster risk reduction: a road towards sustainable urban development and creating safer urban communities
US Agency for International Development, 2010This paper examines the risks of natural hazards and disasters that challenge the development efforts of the urban or city development process. It also highlights how local government, as the key partner of the development process, could contribute effectively to reducing disaster risks in their respective operational areas.DocumentWhy is community action needed for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation?
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2011This paper is an editorial of various others which bring out the importance of community action for disaster risk reduction, post-disaster rebuilding and climate change adaptation.DocumentDecision-making constraints on the implementation of viable disaster risk reduction projects: some perspectives from economics
Laboratory for Social Science Research, International Hurricane Research Center, Florida International University, 2011This paper seeks to explain why progress has been so slow on the implementation of disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects and programmes over the last decade. It explains that failure to implement cost-effective DRR projects may result from a breakdown of of decision-making at the individual, policy analyst and policymaker levels.DocumentClimate change risk: a mitigation and adaptation agenda for Indian cities
Russell Sage Foundation, 2008India is one of the more vulnerable and risk-prone countries in the world, but its population have learned to cope with a wide range of natural and human-made hazards. Rapid population growth, high densities, poverty and high differentials in access to housing, public services and infrastructure have led to an increase in vulnerability, especially in urban centers.DocumentHarnessing synergies: mainstreaming climate change adaptation in disaster risk reduction programmes and policies
2011There is increased recognition of the value of mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) into Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) activities, to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience. However, there is a lack of practical, actionable recommendations on how to create an environment where attempts to mainstream CCA into DRR can flourish.DocumentDisaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia
Development Research Network, 2010This brief focuses on how disaster risk management approaches are taking longer term climate change perspectives. The intention is to highlight, through a series of case studies and research summaries, some best practice/management practices implemented in South Asia and offer recommendations for both practitioners and policy makers.DocumentHyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2005This 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.DocumentResilience and sustainable development: building adaptive capacity in a world of transformations
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2002This paper is a synthesis of the rapidly-changing field of resilience research and argues that humanity has powerful interactions with biogeochemical, hydrological and ecological processes, from local to global scales. It argues that the complexity of social-ecological systems makes it necessary to abandon the perception of a global steady state.DocumentLinking Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management for sustainable poverty reduction. Synthesis report
European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability, 2006This report presents a cross-cutting summary of country study findings and workshop deliberations on linking climate change adaptation and disaster risk management for sustainable poverty reduction. It uses examples from Mexico, Kenya and Vietnam to provide insights into how a more integrated approach to disaster risk management and climate change adaptation can be built.Pages