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In this publication, CARE aims to highlight how the implementation of an Integrated Risk Management approach leads to social transformation and more resilient communities that are well prepared to deal with a diversity of shocks and challenges. This

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This study linked school risk reduction and disaster preparedness strategies using a designed automated study desk for kindergartens. This desk, LAMESA (Life-saving Automated “Mesa” to Endure Seismic Activity), aimed to provide the education system with a

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Development is vital for reducing disaster risk, yet many current development models are unsustainable and are instead driving and creating disaster risks.
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This study aims to document evidence on the need to advance gender- and disability-inclusion in disaster recovery and also to use such evidence in mapping out pathways and entry points to make inclusion work in post-disaster contexts. Moreover, it aims to highlight the particular circumstances of women with disabilities, a “sector within a sector” that largely remains invisible in disaster risk management and development programming. 
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With the intention to better understand barriers and successes of mainstreaming processes, GIZ has assessed entry points for ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) mainstreaming and governance aspects in five partner countries (Philippines, Viet Nam, South

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Existing frameworks lack focus on the actual implementation of community-based early warning systems (CBEWS), and they do not describe how experts can transform a top-down early warning system into a CBEWS. Hence, to support the establishment of a CBEWS

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This paper explores the conditions under which people are likely to evacuate. It does so by contrasting a success case of evacuation before Cyclone Phailin in India with a failed case in the Philippines before Typhoon Haiyan. This paper examines this

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This study aims to determine the effectiveness of incident command system (ICS) during the onslaught of 2016's Super Typhoon Lawin in Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR). It further aims to: 

  • Determine the extent of knowledge of the Provincial Disaster

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