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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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4 September 2024

Multi-hazard interrelationships and risk scenarios in urban areas: a case of Nairobi and Istanbul

This paper introduces a methodology for characterizing the breadth of natural hazard types, hazard interrelationships, and risk scenarios in Global South urban areas, focusing on Nairobi, Kenya, and Istanbul, Türkiye.

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4 September 2024

Characterization of extreme rainfall changes and response to temperature changes in Guizhou Province, China

This study investigated the characteristics of the extreme rainfall spatiotemporal and recurrence periods in Guizhou province and discussed the relationship between the response of extreme rainfall to temperature change.

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4 September 2024

Who is more water insecure? Gendered evidence from urban Pakistan

This study examines factors affecting water security in urban Pakistan through a gender lens. They surveyed 560 men and women in two towns in Islamabad and Rawalpindi facing water and sanitation challenges.

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3 September 2024

Neighbouring for climate: a toolkit to inspire climate action with your neighbours!

Neighbouring for Climate is a City of Edmonton program to bring neighbours together to take action on climate change. With easy-to-use climate action cards, Neighbouring for Climate provides suggestions and tips.

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3 September 2024

Integration of building age into flood hazard mapping: a case study of Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates

This study leverages remote sensing and machine learning to classify building age and integrate this information into a comprehensive flood hazard map for Al Ain City.

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3 September 2024

Making climate finance work for all: Five tests for a robust New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG)

This report sets out key principles and five tests that can help ensure the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) is robust, all of which are underpinned by a core principle of fairness.

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3 September 2024

The measurement of rural community resilience to natural disaster in China

Taking Xun County of China’s Henan Province as the study area, the paper aims to evaluate rural community resilience to flood by unveiling the connection between individuals’ cognition, follow-up actions and the community resilience.

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2 September 2024

Disaster and gender: Men’s experiences during and after the earthquake

The aim of this study is to discover how men’s first reflex behaviors during earthquakes and how their coping strategies were shaped after earthquakes in Türkiye.