Many ex ante measures taken to reduce disaster risk can deliver co-benefits that are not dependent on disasters … to the main objective of disaster risk management of avoiding disaster losses, but identifying and measuring additional … co-benefits can enhance the attractiveness of disaster risk management investments. Co-benefits are often economic, such …

Asia and the Pacific? This paper considers three main disaster risk factors - rising population exposure, greater …. In a regression analysis within a model of disaster risk determination, the most significant association is between the …

in the disaster response and saved countless human lives. Recognizing the role of communities and providing them with … communities have been responding to and managing disaster risk for centuries. Before the creation of Japan's formal state system …, local communities carried out disaster-related activities as volunteers; community-based organizations (CBOs) have existed …

of quality infrastructure, development indicators and corruption on damages caused by a natural disaster using a panel … model, the study quantified the role of quality infrastructure in disaster impact mitigation. The empirical results suggest …

management strategies considered are (i) adaptation investment in hurricane resilient infrastructure, (ii) commercial disaster … to create fiscal space for disaster recovery. Different risk management strategies are compared to a baseline of no risk …

that they are not prepared to cope with a natural disaster. There is a clear income gradient in the ability to cope with …, and residing in rural areas are less able to handle disasters. The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on disaster …