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This document highlights the holistic and integrated approach to resilience building and the importance of early warning information and systems. It seeks to help to better understand and address risks of flooding in the city.

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Cities Prepare! considers disaster risk reduction from an urban perspective, with a focus on the cities of the Asia Pacific region. Part (1) of this report provides a situation summary of the region’s urban children, the factors contributing to their risk

This report summarizes the proceedings and highlights from the Forum on Safe and Resilient Infrastructure and the Government Executive Meeting that took place in Manila, Philippines, in October 2013. The forum showcased experiences of countries, including

This 2014 issue asserts that 2013 was a below-average year in terms of natural hazard losses for the insurance industry. It features typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, which caused the year’s biggest catastrophe, with a storm surge that claimed thousands

Global Health Action 2014, 7: 25134, doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.25134:

This article provides a review of the efforts already initiated and continued in reducing the vulnerability of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) region to the risk of

This issue presents an overview, both global and regional, of the catastrophes that occurred in 2013 and their impacts in terms of number of victims and economic and insured losses. It includes a chapter on fostering climate change resilience, which

This disaster risk reduction situation report introduces Super Typhoon Hagupit's intensity and track, the regions to be affected in the Philippines and the potential damages of Super Typhoon Hagupit. It then presents historical background and details on