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The aim of this report is to encourage national and donor governments to develop and improve their disaster risk reduction legislation. This summary contains four sections covering: an analysis of existing disaster risk reduction legislation; the building

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A Tearfund research project in collaboration with UN/ISDR

This report highlights key issues raised by the 11 participating organisations of the Tearfund conducted research on disaster risk reduction (DRR), as well as examples of positive donor

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This technical background paper reviews and analyses existing and projected investment flows and financing relevant to the development of an effective and appropriate international response to climate change, with particular focus on the needs of

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Environment Alert Bulletin no. 2.

This issue covers the human, environmental and economic impacts of the extreme drought and heat wave that hit Europe in the summer of 2003, that had adverse effects such as the death of thousands of vulnerable people

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Article in: Demography, vol. 44, no. 3.

This study examines the causes of tornado fatalities and injuries in the United States between the years 1998-2000. A political model of human ecology (POET) was used to explore how the environment, technology

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This Primer has been prepared as reference document for practitioners in the field, to guide integrated development planning teams in Latin America and the Caribbean in the use of natural hazard information during the different stages of the planning

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Vol. 2, study documentation.

The National Institute of Building Sciences, through its Multihazard Mitigation Council, submitted this report to the Congress of the United States. This report presents the results of an independent study to assess the

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This paper argues that despite encouraging progress, some international finance institutions (IFIs) policies are increasing people's vulnerability to disaster and that IFIs are missing important opportunities to help governments and communities reduce

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