Documents and publications

Version 3.0 of the Mitigation Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) Toolkit Compact Disk (CD) was released in July 2006. The CD includes all of the FEMA mitigation BCA software, technical manuals, tools, BC training course presentation, BCA guidance and other

Operations Policy Department

This Handbook has been developed to provide World Bank staff with analytical tools that are solidly grounded in economic theory, yet practical and simple to use, and to make the Bank’s approach to the economic evaluation of

The emphasis of the study is very much on process. The study try to explore how project-related systems and practices can be used to ensure that risks emanating from natural hazards are appropriately considered (relative to levels of risk) and also, more

The purpose of this book is to help provide insight into the issues and problems associated with mitigating the hazards that result from high-consequence/low-probability events, especially where there is the potential for significant impacts on

This draft report has been prepared by Environmental Resources Management on behalf of the Department for International Development. The objective of the report is to present a high-level, desk-based assessment of the economic costs of disasters, and of

Mitigation planning how-to guide, no. 5

The purpose of a mitigation plan is to reduce the community’s vulnerability to hazards. After assessing its risks, a community may consider many mitigation options. FEMA's Mitigation Planning regulation supports the

Environment Alert Bulletin no. 3.

Wildland fires annually burn an area half the size of Australia and generate nearly 40% of total anthropogenic carbon dioxyde (CO2). Their impact in terms of deforestation, climate change and loss of biodiversity is

Environmental Science and Policy , vol. 8, pp. 579-588, doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2005.06.010; Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Working Paper 40:

This article asserts that the potential for developing synergies between climate change mitigation and