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Every week the PreventionWeb team of editors selects the latest news and research, reports and publications on disaster risk reduction – here is their selection of the latest must-read content.

Documents and publications

3 September 2021

The role of existing social protection programs in alleviating poverty caused by large-scale negative shocks

This brief provides evidence by examining the performance of cash transfer programs in Indonesia and the Philippines following two recent disasters

Fire hydrant sprays water in a New York City street

Update

3 September 2021

Heat is killing us - and the economy too

Heat itself is too often overlooked as a destructive force in its own right. One reason is that heat often destroys quietly.

Atlantic Council

Update

25 August 2021

Storm-proof housing for the urban poor – lessons from Da Nang, Vietnam

For low-income families in coastal areas of Vietnam, storm and typhoon damage is a constant threat to life and well-being.

Institute for Social and Environmental Transition - International

Update

2 September 2021

Algeria suffers from devastating wildfires, but faces big challenges in addressing them

Dozens of forest fires have raged through forest areas across northern Algeria. So far at least 90 people have reportedly died as a consequence.

Conversation Media Group, the

Documents and publications

2 September 2021

Asia’s climate emergency

Fiscal policy can help address climate change in Asia, the region hit hardest by global warming.

Tourism Developments Increase Tsunami Disaster Risk in Pangandaran, West Java, Indonesia

Documents and publications

1 September 2021

Tourism developments increase tsunami disaster risk in Pangandaran, West Java, Indonesia

This report discusses how on 17 July 2006, the tourist resort of Pangandaran on Java’s south coast was hit by a tsunami, resulting in 413 fatalities and severe damage to buildings.

Blog

01 Sep 2021

Ida Gabrielsson

Women raise the roof

Organisations like Mahila Housing Trust and Slum Dwellers International work with women to design safe, resilient housing solutions.

House in Belgium partially destroyed by floods in 2021

Update

1 September 2021

Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years

Over the past five decades, disasters related to weather, climate or water hazards, have become a regular occurrence, responsible for the deaths of at least 115 people, and causing $202 million in economic loses every day.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Lone tire on a road and the effect of winds on the trees in the background

Update

30 August 2021

Hurricane Ida: 4 essential reads about New Orleans’ high hurricane risk and what climate change has to do with the storms

Ida was one of the most intense tropical storms on record in the state. Its storm surge was less than Katrina’s, but it quickly flooded streets and homes.

Conversation Media Group, the

Research briefs

31 August 2021

Extreme sea levels to become much more common worldwide as earth warms

A new study predicts that because of rising temperatures, extreme sea-level events along coastlines the world over will become about 100 times more frequent by the end of the century in about half of the 7,283 locations studied.

Deltares