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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.

Assessment of physical vulnerability of buildings and socio-economic vulnerability of residents to rainfall induced cut slope failures

Documents and publications

6 September 2021

Assessment of physical vulnerability of buildings and socio-economic vulnerability of residents to rainfall induced cut slope failures: A case study in central highlands, Sri Lanka

This report discusses how In landslide-prone areas, the vulnerability of housing structures is assessed so that adaptation methods can be introduced to reduce risk.

Update

5 September 2021

Climate change means Australia may have to abandon much of its farming

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) predicts a likely scenario that overall farm profit will fall by 13% by 2050.

Conversation Media Group, the

Water being pumped out of the Whitehall Street subway station due to storm surge flooding from Hurricane Sandy in New York City (2012)

Update

3 September 2021

A subway flood expert explains what needs to be done to stop underground station deluges

When the subway was initially built in New York starting in 1904, no one was thinking of sea level rise or torrential rains.

Conversation Media Group, the

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.