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have become increasingly relevant. As one set of tools, resilience capacity (capital) measurement approaches may be used to … support actions and decisions throughout all stages of the project cycle. Measuring capacity for resilience dividends, not … scoping out how development and disaster risk interact, as well as for supporting the cogeneration of multiple resilience …
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levels must be complemented by action at the community level. Measuring community disaster resilience can help lead to novel … and systemic investments that build community resilience. Our analysis of community flood resilience data finds … deficiencies and potential for substantial improvements in community flood resilience investment across the region, with different …
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Natural disasters are on the rise worldwide. There are more and more intense natural disasters - which are defined to cause at least 100 deaths or to affect the basic survival needs of at least 1,000 people - resulting from floods and storms as well as droughts and heat waves. The Asia and the...
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This paper examines the political economy of tourism development in islands and uses Gili Trawangan, Indonesia as a case study. A longitudinal study drawing from fieldwork contributes to the discussion of how different types of power shape community development, and how the effects of hosting...
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The State of the World’s Children 2009 focuses on maternal and neonatal health and identifies the interventions and actions that must be scaled up to save lives.
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