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This brochure presents a vision on community resilience and effective disaster risk reduction, based on experiences and combined knowledge of 5 organizations in 9 countries that are part of Partners for Resilience Alliance (PfR.) It describes PfR’s vision

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This map is part of Maplecroft’s Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI), which forms a central pillar of the Maplecroft’s 5th annual Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas. The map ranks the 10 cities which are most at risk. Dhaka, Bangladesh,

Cover and source: Climate Change Commission Philippines
Policies and plans
This assesses the current situation of the country with regard to climate change risk and outlines the strategic direction for 2011 to 2028 as a response to the current situation and projected impact.
Documents and publications

This PhilGEOS 2012 paper provides an example of computerized flood modeling in Pagsangaan River Basin, Leyte, Philippines. It asserts that flood related scientific and community-based data are rarely systematically collected and analysed in the

Documents and publications

This publication provides children and youth in Asia a platform to report on progress made towards "the need to protect women, children and other vulnerable groups from the disproportionate
impacts of disaster and to empower them to promote resiliency

Documents and publications

This document reports on Philippines Region 8's accumulated experience and knowledge in the setting up and management of local flood early warning systems (LFEWS), which aims to reduce human vulnerability and suffering by monitoring sources of floods

Documents and publications

This paper explores the disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) initiatives of the Local Government Units (LGUs) of Tigbauan and Guimbal in Iloilo, Philippines and identifies and analyzes the coping mechanism of the households to recurrent and

Documents and publications

This document reports on the 3rd edition of the Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change (Resilient Cities 2012) which brought together local governments, international and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), researchers, and

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