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as well as droughts and heat waves. The Asia and the Pacific region has experienced some of the most damaging disasters … Asia and the Pacific? This paper considers three main disaster risk factors - rising population exposure, greater … temperature linked to droughts and heat waves) and the frequency of intense natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific and its …
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sustained investment into disaster risk reduction (DRR). Recently, international policy debate has started to emphasize the need … for focusing DRR investment toward actions that generate multiple dividends, including reducing loss of lives and … support tools are fit-for-purpose. Focusing on the Asia region, we identify evidence of multiple dividends crafted using …
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Disaster risk and subsequent loss and damage in Asia are increasing at an alarming rate, threatening socioeconomic … deficiencies and potential for substantial improvements in community flood resilience investment across the region, with different …
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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 the agreed commitments and targets, as well as the...
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