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In this study, the authors explore the potentials and shortcomings of national laws in managing flood risk and increasing flood resilience in the context of climate change. They analyze 139 laws from 33 countries collected from the Climate Change Laws of

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The present study aims to understand the geographical influence on the spatial distribution of COVID-19 transmission at the regional level in the context of India. It uses long-term climatic records of air temperature (T), rainfall (R), actual

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The webinar in Tribute to Zenaida Delica-Willison’s Contribution to Disaster Risk Reduction was organised by the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) and the Research Network on Disaster, Environment, and Society (ReNDES) to launch the

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COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented global impact. Since its onset, the Government of India, State Governments, and local authorities have been directing all their efforts towards handling the crisis. The National Disaster Management Authority

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COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented global impact. Since its onset, the Government of India, State Governments, and local authorities have been directing all their efforts towards handling the crisis. The National Disaster Management Authority

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Globally, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to about 200 countries and impacted everyone we know in some way, with over 14 million cases and more than 600,000 deaths across the globe till date. India now has the third most cases in the

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had an unprecedented global impact. Since its onset, the Government of India, State Governments and local authorities have been directing all their efforts towards handling the crisis. The National

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This working paper explores the extent to which India’s largest social protection programme – the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) – helped households prepare, cope and recover from the 2018 summer drought across

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