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Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor : cities building resilience for a changing world
Baker, Judy L. (contributor) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393739
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Urban risk assessments : an approach for understanding disaster and climate risk in cities
2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393774
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Social and governance dimensions of climate change : implications for policy
Foa, Roberto - 2009
institutional measures are tested for their potential effects on natural disaster resilience and the quality of environmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394233
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Overlooked : Examining the Impact of Disasters and Climate Shocks on Poverty in the Europe and Central Asia Region
World Bank - 2021
When a disaster strikes, it not only affects households' physical assets, but also their income levels and ability to … external assistance to accelerate reconstruction efforts. This report explores the links between disaster impacts and poverty …
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Learning from Tropical Cyclone Seroja : Building Disaster and Climate Resilience in Timor-Leste
World Bank - 2021
. The disaster affected all 13 municipalities of Timor-Leste, caused at least 44 fatalities, damaged critical infrastructure … as well as longer-term implications for disaster risk management. It will serve as inputs to a more detailed Post-Disaster …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255397
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Building Resilience : Integrating Climate and Disaster Risk into Development
World Bank - 2014
This report presents the World Bank Group's experience in climate and disaster resilient development and contends that … collaboration between the climate resilience and disaster risk management communities through the incorporation of climate and … disaster resilience into broader development processes. Selected case studies are used to illustrate promising approaches …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560464
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Building Resilience to Disaster and Climate Change through Social Protection
World Bank - 2014
Natural disasters and climate change are among the greatest threats to development. Although natural disasters have always presented risks, climate change increases those risks and compounds them by adding a greater level of uncertainty. As a result of their increased frequency, the economic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560607
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Building Resilience : Integrating Climate and Disaster Risk into Development, The World Bank Group Experience
World Bank - 2014
This report presents the World Bank Group's experience in climate and disaster resilient development and contends that … collaboration between the climate resilience and disaster risk management communities through the incorporation of climate and … disaster resilience into broader development processes. Selected case studies are used to illustrate promising approaches …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560657
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Climate Change and Disaster Management
World Bank - 2017
This is a background paper to the Pacific Possible report. Climate change and natural disasters represent major threats to Pacific Island countries. The report estimates the cost of climate adaptation measures for Pacific Island countries. It also proposes a range of strategies for dealing with...
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The Cost of Adapting to Extreme Weather Events in a Changing Climate
World Bank - 2011
Bangladesh is one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. Situated in the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna (GBM) rivers, the country is exposed to a range of river and rainwater flood hazards due to climate variability, the timing, location, and extent of which depend...
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