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Explore a comprehensive collection of publications, reports, and documents that focus on disaster risk and resilience.

These resources offer insights, best practices, and research aimed at mitigating the impact of disasters. Whether you're seeking the latest research, policy recommendations, or case studies, this library supports knowledge sharing and informed decision-making in building safer, more resilient communities.

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Combating air pollution to control desertification and improve food security in Africa

This brief draws attention to the key benefits of addressing air pollution and the benefit to human health, climate and crop production: Precipitation and temperature benefits; Human health in Africa; Land degradation; and Crop yields.
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Enhanced forest fire evacuation planning using real-time sensor and GPS algorithm

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel algorithm that significantly improves the efficiency and effectiveness of evacuation planning in areas affected by forest fires.
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Technological disruptions triggered by natural events: Identification, characterization, and management

These proceedings are the outcome of the 61st ESReDA seminar "Technological Disruptions Triggered by Natural Events: Identification, Characterization, and Management" that took place at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 22-23 September 2022.
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The negative effect of temperature variability on household wealth in low- and middle-income countries

The objective of this paper is to investigate the causal relationship between day-to-day temperature variability and household wealth in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and to explore how this relationship may vary across different regions.
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Pakistan Crisis Preparedness Gap Analysis

The Crisis Preparedness Gap Analysis (CPGA) is a key diagnostic, which assesses countries’ capacity to deal with crises across core systems and provides priority recommendations.
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Natural disasters: Anticipatory governance and disaster risk management from a local and regional perspective

The study focuses on how to develop and improve the anticipatory governance approach to disasters, disaster risk management and adaptation by local and regional authorities.
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Risk assessment of national railway infrastructure due to sea-level rise: an application of a methodological framework in Italian coastal railways

This research develops a vulnerability and a risk assessment metric to identify the hotspots within the Italy national coastal railway due to sea-level rise (SLR) impacts.
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Summarizing evidence for gender-responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes

This briefing note highlights key findings from the 6th Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which referenced gender, equity and justice more times than any previous IPCC report.

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