Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 74
Cover Image
Thai Flood 2011 : Rapid Assessment for Resilient Recovery and Reconstruction Planning
World Bank - 2012
This report outlines these findings, including damage and loss estimates and social and economic impacts, and proposes strategies for resilient recovery and reconstruction planning. Heavy rain combined with multiple tropical storms throughout the extended rainy season played a large part in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248008
Cover Image
Financial and Fiscal Instruments for Catastrophe Risk Management : Addressing Losses from Flood Hazards in Central Europe, Volume 2. Statistical Annex
World Bank - 2013
This report addresses the large flood exposures of Central Europe and proposes efficient financial and risk transfer mechanisms to mitigate fiscal losses from natural catastrophes.. The report is primarily addressed to the governments of the region which should build into their fiscal planning,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557283
Cover Image
GDLN Seminar on Strengthening Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific : Volume 4. Housing and Community Reconstruction after Natural Disasters
World Bank - 2013
In the GLDN seminar, the recovery procedures in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake and the Asian tsunami were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557379
Cover Image
Climate Change Impacts in Drought and Flood Affected Areas : Case Studies in India
World Bank - 2012
The aim of this study is to assist the government in this endeavor by focusing on selected priorities. The overarching objective of this report is to promote the mainstreaming and integration of climate related risks in India's development policies and processes, where this is appropriate. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553062
Cover Image
Compendium : Coastal Management Practices in West Africa - Existing and Potential Solutions to Control Coastal Erosion, Prevent Flooding and Mitigate Damage to Society
World Bank - 2022
Erosion and flooding are the most visible consequences of coastal zone degradation in West Africa. Man-made and natural processes, aggravated by the effects of climate change, cause erosion and flooding. These threatened densely populated coasts, the nerve center of the region's demographic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254861
Cover Image
Senegal Urban Floods : Recovery and Reconstruction since 2009
World Bank - 2014
Senegal is located in the Sahel region of West Africa. Between 1970 and 2000, the country suffered prolonged droughts that contributed to rural exodus. Communities in these peri-urban areas, already among the poorest in the country, are the most vulnerable to episodes of heavy rainfall and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247951
Cover Image
Flood Risk Assessment for the Ganges Basin in South Asia
World Bank - 2016
The chapter wise synopsis of the report is as follows: chapter one: (present chapter) provides the reader with an overview of the project, its scope, and its objectives. It also provides the reader with an understanding of key concepts related to the project. Chapter two: describes exposure data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248206
Cover Image
After the Tsunami : Women and Land Reforms in Aceh
World Bank - 2012
and created a tsunami three stories high. The disaster claimed more than 228,000 lives, affected 2.5 million others and … than in all the other countries combined. In Banda Aceh, the capital of the province, the tsunami claimed nearly a third of …, including trees and fences, also disappeared. The tsunami and earthquake not only shattered housing and other coastal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012555163
Cover Image
Pakistan Cyclone and Floods 2007 : Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment, Balochistan and Sindh
World Bank - 2013
The exercise was to conduct a preliminary assessment of the damage caused by the cyclone and floods, in close coordination with the government, development partners, civil society, and other stakeholders active in the affected area,. The damage and needs assessment (DNA) also estimates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557811
Cover Image
Assessment of Innovative Approaches to Flood Risk Management and Financing in Agriculture : The Thailand Case Study
World Bank - 2013
The World Bank recently conducted research and concept-testing activities to investigate the expansion of the index approach from drought to flood. The main objective was to assess prerequisite conditions, as well as practical and efficient methods, to conceptualize and potentially implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557837