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Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor
World Bank, 2012The residents of slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards, living on the most vulnerable lands within cities.DocumentMitigating disasters — a promising start
The Lancet, 2013A ten-year United Nations plan to make the world safer from natural disasters went into effect in 2005. With 2015 nearing, countries are now assessing how well it has worked. The Hyogo Framework for Action spelled out what all countries had to do over the following ten years to make disasters less disastrous.DocumentGlobal assessment report on disaster risk reduction 2013 - From shared risk to shared value: the business case for disaster risk reduction
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, 2013The 2013 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR13) makes the business case for investing in disaster risk management (DRM) and highlights potential opportunities for creating shared value.DocumentGlobal Estimates 2012: People displaced by disasters
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2013Over five years from 2008 to 2012, around 144 million people were forced from their homes in 125 countries.DocumentClimate resilience and disaster risk management: stories of change from CDKN
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013This brief presents results from projects supported by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) to assess vulnerability and mainstream climate resilience into development planning. Case studies from India, Ghana and Colombia illustrate the importance of involving diverse social groups in defining and monitoring vulnerability and delivering adaptation solutions.DocumentLinkages between population dynamics, urbanization processes and disaster risks: a regional vision of Latin America
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2012With both urban population and the frequency of disasters increasing in Latin America, it is necessary to adequately plan for sustainable growth that takes these changing dynamics into account.DocumentDisaster risk management in post-2015 development goals: potential targets and indicators
Overseas Development Institute, 2013Disasters can hamper economic growth, affect poverty levels and cause human suffering. This paper argues that including measures to promote disaster risk management (DRM) in the post-2015 development goals is needed to incentivise investment in advance of shocks to protect lives and livelihoods, but also to save money.DocumentThe role of ecosystem services in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2013This paper analyses the connections between climate change impacts, ecosystem degradation and increased risk of climate-related disasters. It defines the central role of ecosystem management in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction (DRR) and assesses the challenges for enhanced ecosystem management for climate change adaptation and DRR.DocumentDisaster risk management in south Asia: a regional overview
World Bank, 2012The number of disasters per year has quadrupled over the past four decades in the South Asia Region (SAR), resulting in damages of over US$25 billion in the past five years alone. However, exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards and their consequential impacts are not yet at the forefront of development agendas.DocumentClimate risk management for sustainable crop production in Uganda: Rakai and Kapchorwa districts
United Nations Development Programme, 2013Uganda has been regarded as a development success story due to its increasing economic growth and declining poverty. Nevertheless, the country’s economic dependence on agriculture makes it very sensitive to climate variability and change.Pages