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the core of the debate, we argue that another key dimension is often overlooked: how to use insurance as a lever for risk … be effective. We conclude that there is clear scope for the EU to play a greater role in linking risk transfer and … prevention, beyond existing channels, to ensure an integrated approach to flood risk management across the EU. …
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This paper studies the allocation of total disaster risk reduction public spending among regions in Peru. The main … received by region in order to prevent future natural disasters. Impacts of geological disaster, on the other hand, affect the …
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In March 2015, a new international blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR) has been adopted in Sendai, Japan, at … the end of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR, March 14 - 18, 2015). We review and discuss …
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authorities and agencies and/or public authorities and civil society for disaster risk reduction. We pay attention to Public …-based natural resource management (CBNRM) and disaster risk reduction (CBDRR), as well as other cooperative initiatives. In many …. The analysis is complemented by examples of PuPs addressed in the ENHANCE case studies in which disaster risk reduction …
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disaster risk resilience (DRR). This paper tries to emphasise the importance of DRR in dealing with natural catastrophesby …. It briefly talks about synergising risk reduction efforts with sustainable development goals through the Sendai Framework … sectors.Despite the suite of reforms that have been initiated in shifting towards resilient infrastructure and disaster funds …
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different types of disasters, the effect of changing disaster risk so far has largely been neglected. In this paper we study the … effect of hurricane risk on individual self-reported life satisfaction. In order to do so we combine geo-referenced survey … we construct time-varying indicators of hurricane risk on the zip-code-level for the period of 2010 to 2018, based on …
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used in risk assessments to estimate extent of and damages from flooding and erosion. Further, such flood risk models can … then include the effects of ecosystems, such as mangroves, to model the effects on risk of conservation and restoration …
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ecosystems play in reducing risk to coastal communities now and with future sealevel rise. These analyses were used to inform … post-disaster reconstruction and coastal resilience building efforts as well as climate change adaptation strategies. Our … goal is to quantify the role that coastal habitat plays in reducing risk to people and shoreline under current conditions …
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, which are disproportionately affected by climate change, raises significant concerns. This study shows that sovereign risk …. Countries with elevated risk levels are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change compared to their lower-risk … vulnerability to climate change, in terms of sovereign risk, particularly for countries with low spreads and long-term debt …
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impact. We combine a new dataset on disaster risk management governance for 26 countries from the Latin America and Caribbean … disaster risk management (DRM) governance processes, we exploit the fact that changes in DRM regulatory frameworks affect a … country's capacity for disaster risk identification and reduction to provide instrumental variable estimates of their impact …
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