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Institutionalising Disaster Risk Management: Latin America’s systems approach
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013How are Latin American countries mainstreaming decentralised, democratic and participatory strategies to disaster risk management across public policy?DocumentPushing Through Reform: Lima's Disaster Risk Management Strategy | ELLA
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013In 2012, the City of Lima successfully launched an integrated DRM strategy, creating a budget of US$ 200 million for specific DRM actions benefiting 3.5 million of its most vulnerable inhabitants. In recent years, there have been a number of important actions at the institutional level for promoting disaster risk management (DRM) in developing countries.DocumentClimate vulnerability and capacity of ethnic minorities in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam
CARE International, 2013This 2013 report, produced by CARE international in Vietnam, is based on a study conducted as part of the Civil Action for Socio-economic Inclusion in Sustainable Development Project (CASI III).DocumentUrbanization and climate change impacts on future urban flooding in Can Tho city, Vietnam
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2013Urban development increases flood risk in cities due to local changes in hydrological and hydrometeorological conditions that increase flood hazard, as well as to urban concentrations that increase the vulnerability. The large-scale, global impacts due to climate variability and change could increase these risks.DocumentFarmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of empirical studies and implications for public policy in African agriculture
Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2013Climate change has the potential of undermining sustainable development efforts in Africa, if steps are not taken to respond to its adverse consequences. This study reviews existing and available literature on farmers’ perceptions and adaptation strategies to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa.DocumentIndigenous peoples and climate change in Africa
Legal Assistance Centre, 2013Through two participatory case studies, this paper examines the impact of climate change on the indigenous peoples of Namibia.DocumentEnvisioning the future and learning from the past: adapting to a changing environment in northern Mali
Elsevier, 2013In West Africa, rural livelihoods that dependon natural resources develop coping and adapting strategies to face climate variability or change, and economic or political changes. The former Lake Faguibine in northern Mali has experienced drastic ecological, social, and economic changes. Forests have emerged on the former lake and have become important for local livelihoods.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.DocumentMedia perceptions and portrayals of pastoralists in Kenya, India and China
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013Through the analysis of newspaper articles and a survey of journalists, this publication identifies gaps and highlights differences in how the media portray pastoralism in Kenya, China and India.OrganisationSmall Island Economies - CTA Brussels (CTA)
On 4th April, 2012, CTA organised a Briefing on “ACP Small island economies: from vulnerabilities to opportunities” with the European Commission (DG DEVCO), the ACP Secretariat, Concord anPages