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Social impacts and social resilience

The ability of a community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions through risk management. 

Latest Social impacts & resilience additions in the Knowledge Base

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Documents and publications

Weathering the storm: Hurricane Sandy and the 2012 US federal election

This case study analyses preparedness, actions and results on the part of election officials and their election emergency policies in New Jersey and neighbouring states on the East Coast of the United States, amid Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
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Why wildfires started by human activities can be more destructive and harder to contain

What makes these wildfires so destructive and difficult to contain? The answer lies in a mix of changing climate, the legacy of past land-management practices, and human activities that are reshaping fire behavior and increasing the risk they pose.
Conversation Media Group, the
A laborer carries a sack of onions above floodwaters in Lahore, Pakistan
Research briefs

Global bias: Hydro-hazard research needs more investment in low-income countries

Research efforts on floods, droughts and landslides are not fairly distributed globally. Despite growing research, the number of affected people in LDCs must be around 100 times higher than in developed countries to generate comparable research interest.
Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Potsdam
Research briefs

How will climate change affect work in developing countries?

The effects of climate change on labor are significant and multifaceted, with implications for economic performance and poverty. Governments can respond to climate challenges on labor by implementing a variety of labor-targeting policy strategies.
World Bank, the
Documents and publications

A multi-model assessment of inequality and climate change

This study quantifies the distributional implications of climate impacts and of the varying compensation schemes of climate policies compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Documents and publications

Navigating the sea level rise: Exploring the interplay of climate change, sea level rise, and coastal communities in India

This research article investigates the intricate interplay between climate change, global sea level rise (SLR), and the impacts of sea level rise on the coastal regions of India.
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Documents and publications

Mapping flood impacts on mortality at European territories of the Mediterranean region within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework

Floods continue to endanger lives despite improved management, intensified by climate change. This study examines flood mortality in Mediterranean EU regions using international data, revealing spatial patterns and mixed trends, supporting UN SDGs.
Floods streets in in Dakar, Senegal, 2012
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Strengthening coastal resilience in Senegal: a vital issue for the people of Saint-Louis

The SERRP project is collaborating with the West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program, which was launched in 2018 to strengthen the resilience of coastal communities and ecosystems in West Africa.
World Bank, the
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