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Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

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This report from 2008 is a good summary of the links between climate change, disasters and human security. It provides a good introduction to the issues covering the effect of climate change on extreme events, vulnerability to both disasters and climate change and ways to link the 2 approaches.&nThe focus is on the need for and benefit of synergies and cooperation between the disaster risk and climate change adaptation communities.

Added by Ben Smith to Disaster Prevention & Response on September 04, 2009

The Development of a Public Private Partnership Framework and Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Asia

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Natural disasters have a significant financial impact on individuals, business and insurers but also on the public sector which is responsible not only for cost of relief efforts but also for rebuilding public infrastructure. The rising impact of natural catastrophes is driving up the cost of disaster relief and reconstruction for the public sector. In Asia's smaller and developing countries with less financial resources, a catastrophic event can result in higher public deficit and debts. It is more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on August 30, 2009

Hidden Lives: Refugees in the Cities

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The populations of many cities in developing countries have soared over the past decade. Estimates suggests that more than half of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa – the world’s most rural region – will be living in urban areas within two decades. One prominent feature is the flow into cities of people who have been uprooted by natural disasters and/or conflict.

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on July 30, 2009

World Facing New Displacement Crisis - UN Refugee Chief

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This year's crises in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Somalia are pushing the number of people forced to flee their homes towards the 45 million mark - the highest number in at least a decade, U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres says. There were around 16 million refugees and 26 million people uprooted within their own country at the end of 2008, according to the U.N. refugee agency's annual Global Trends report released on Tuesday. Although this was a slight decline on 2007, it does not reflect the more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 17, 2009

Internal Displacement Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2008

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With approximately 26 million people internally displaced worldwide, the issue of IDPs remains one of the most serious challenges for the international development community. This report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) examines the 2008 internal displacement trends. It looks at the global and thematic developments including monitoring and profiling IDPs, and national and UN responses as well as offering country updates from all regions in the world. Full document in PDF more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 11, 2009

Gender Mainstreaming in Emergency Management: Opportunities for Building Community Resilience in Canada

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This report builds on international efforts over the past decade to develop more gender-sensitive approaches to disaster risk management, for example by the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and the humanitarian relief efforts of the Canadian International Development Agency. Our observations also reflect recent initiatives by researchers, practitioners and policy makers to promote gender mainstreaming. Full report in PDF format; Number of pages: 99p

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 04, 2009

Gender Aspects of Natural Disasters

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Climate Change is increasingly recognized as a major human security issue that poses serious global threats. Although climate change affects everyone regardless of race, caste, ethnicity, sex and level of income, its impacts are more heavily felt by poor nations, communities and people, and climate change magnifies existing inequalities. For the world's poor the impact will be most severe, disproportionately affecting their livelihoods and security. Women comprise 70% of those living below the more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 04, 2009

Caught in the Conflict

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This paper makes recommendations on how the security strategy of the international community should be changed in order to minimize the harm caused to Afghan civilians and reduce the disruption to development and humanitarian activities in the current environment in Afghanistan. Full paper in PDF format (414kb); Number of pages: 27p

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on May 13, 2009

Iraqi women talk about their greatest concerns and challenges

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The plight of women in Iraq today has gone largely ignored, both within Iraqi society and by the international community. For more than five years, headlines have been dominated by political and social turmoil, the chaos of conflict and widespread violence. This has overshadowed the abysmal state of the civilian population’s day-to-day lives, a result of that very turmoil and violence. Behind the headlines, essential services have collapsed, families have been torn apart and women in more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on May 13, 2009

Integrating disaster risk reduction into the fight against poverty: GFDRR annual report 2008

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The nature and frequency of disasters are changing. Climate change, galloping urbanization, food insecurity, and conflicts are magnifying not only the impacts of natural hazards but also the risks that underlie them. The poor are hardest hit, especially in disaster-prone regions in Asia and Africa. This report addresses the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)'s activities in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in development for 2008. more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on May 10, 2009

Risks, ex-ante actions and public assistance : impacts of natural disasters on child schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi

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'This paper examines the impacts of natural disasters on schooling investments with special focus on the roles of ex-ante actions and ex-post responses using panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi. The importance of ex-ante actions depends on disaster risks and the likelihood of public assistance, which potentially creates substitution between the two actions.'

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on April 30, 2009

Natural disasters, self-insurance and human capital investment: evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi

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'This paper examines the impacts of disasters on dynamic human capital production using panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi. The empirical results show that the accumulation of biological human capital prior to disasters helps children maintain investments in the post-disaster period. Biological human capital formed in early childhood (long-term nutritional status) plays a role of insurance with resilience to disasters by protecting schooling investment and outcomes, although more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on April 30, 2009

Women’s role in Disaster Risk Reduction

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Recently, gender perspectives have received more attention from various stakeholders due to consistent global advocacy and awareness-raising efforts that highlighted the importance of gender equality in disaster risk reduction. However, progress in mainstreaming gender perspectives into disaster risk reduction remains inadequate. Gender considerations are still largely marginalized from the disaster risk reduction process. Based on information provided in national reports on disaster risk more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on April 23, 2009

Sea-level rise and storm surges: a comparative analysis of impacts in developing countries

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An increase in sea surface temperature is evident at all latitudes and in all oceans. The current understanding is that ocean warming plays a major role in intensified cyclone activity and heightened storm surges. The vulnerability of coastlines to intensified storm surges can be ascertained by overlaying Geographic Information System information with data on land, population density, agriculture, urban extent, major cities, wetlands, and gross domestic product for inundation zones likely to more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on April 23, 2009

The importance of mangrove forest in tsunami disaster mitigation

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Tsunamis and storm surges have killed more than one million people and some three billion people currently live with a high risk of these disasters, which are becoming more frequent and devastating worldwide. Effective mitigation of such disasters is possible via healthy coastal forests, which can reduce the energy of tsunamis. In recent years, these natural barriers have declined due to adverse human and natural activities. In the past 20 years, the world has lost almost 50 per cent of its more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on April 09, 2009

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