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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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Accelerating extreme heat responses: Perspectives from India

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net, titled 'Accelerating Extreme Heat Responses: Perspectives from India,' focuses on the critical challenge of extreme heat and heatwaves in India
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U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative: Climate framework

To achieve the vision of a world free of malaria, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) developed a framework to guide US government approaches and investments in support of greener and more climate-resilient malaria programs.
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Climate change and health in Durham region: Understanding the local health impacts of climate change

As part of its mandate under the Ontario Public Health Standards, the Durham Region Health Department (DRHD) initiated a series of climate change and health vulnerability assessments (CCHVAs) to identify current and future health impacts of climate change
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Detection and attribution of climate change impacts on human health

This report provides an overview of the field as it stands today, including reflections on the history of its evolution out of climate science; an overview of the aims and approaches of the current body of literature.
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Comprehensive assessment of flood risk and vulnerability for essential facilities: Iowa case study

In this study, nine different types of essential facilities in the state of Iowa were analyzed on a county level in terms of flood depth, functionality and restoration time after flooding, and damage sustained during flooding.
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VOLCANBOX: A software platform for volcanic hazard assessment

This study presents VOLCANBOX, a new multiplatform system designed to conduct long-and short-term volcanic hazard assessment and risk analysis in a systematic and rational manner, aimed at reducing volcanic risk by anticipating future eruptions.
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Disaster scenes as a foundation for emergency response planning

This article introduces the notion of ‘disaster scenes’. In this work, the authors draw on interview data collected from residents impacted by the Jagersfontein tailings disaster in South Africa in September 2022.
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Building age-inclusive disaster risk reduction: Insights among geographically mobile young adults in regional Australia

This paper identifies the need to pair life-stage with disaster risk reduction (DRR) objectives to improve understandings of what counts as ‘inclusion’ and ‘participation’.

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