Social impacts and social resilience

This document is the second volume of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. After confirming in the first volume on “The Physical Science Basis” that climate change is occurring now, mostly as a result of human activities, this volume illustrates the impacts

Communities in the Sahel region (Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali) in West Africa are faced with hazards like drought year after year. Those that are chronically poor, in debt and lacking sufficient assets, struggle to cope effectively with these shocks.

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This strategic plan is designed to contribute to human well-being, minimizing the negative effects of disasters and other crisis by responding to the health needs of vulnerable populations affected by such events. It focuses on strengthening the

To develop a ten-year strategy for disaster reduction through science and technology, the members of the Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (SDR) collaborated with scientists and engineers worldwide to identify a suite of Grand Challenges for disaster

This document shows what a disaster-resilient community might consist of, by setting out the many different elements of resilience. It also provides some ideas about how to progress towards resilience. It can be used at different stages of project cycle

This report is based on the assessment carried out by the three working groups of the IPCC, and provides an integrated view of climate change as the final part of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report. The report addresses six topics: observed changes in

This issue of the Asian Disaster Management News highlights "emerging risks and approaches for reducing vulnerabilities of the urban built environment".
Cities in Asia and in other parts of the world are in various stages of development. The ongoing

Under the program area four of the ITOWS program: the “Local Preparedness and Mitigation” has been uniquely devised as one of the most significant area of work. The Tsunami Resilient Communities (TRC) has planned as the core initiative to this local