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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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23 October 2024

Developing a multi-level European-wide composite indicator to assess vulnerability dynamics across time and space

The aim of this paper is to develop a European-wide framework for a Vulnerability Index (VI) that assesses vulnerability to disaster risks at both national and subnational levels.

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23 October 2024

An index-based multi-hazard risk assessment method for prioritisation of existing bridge portfolios

This study develops and proposes a multi-hazard risk-based prioritisation methodology to be used at territorial scale on a large number of bridges, both in the case of a scarce level of knowledge, and when data from visual inspections is available.

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23 October 2024

Emerging place governance to lost places for communities: Government planning and citizen-driven placemaking in the disaster memorial parks after the 2011 Japan tsunami

This study explored how government place-based planning and citizen-driven placemaking transform place identity of lost places after the 2011 Japan tsunami.

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22 October 2024

Coping capacity attenuates the effect of natural disaster risk on conspiracy beliefs

In this study, authors hypothesized that disaster risk and lack of coping capacity are positively related to conspiracy beliefs and tested these relationships across three studies.

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22 October 2024

Mongolia: Country climate and development report

Τhe report assesses the critical interconnections between Mongolia’s development ambitions and climate change action and identifies ways to transition to a more economically diversified, inclusive, and resilient development path.

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22 October 2024

Household and firm exposure to heat and floods in South Asia

This paper examines the differential exposure of poorer households to heat and floods in South Asia.

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22 October 2024

The Pacific Atoll countries country climate and development report

This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) explores the unique climate change challenge faced by the Pacific Atoll Countries (Pacific Atolls), the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and Tuvalu.

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22 October 2024

Build Back Better sector guides: Volumes 1-6

The Build Back Better Sector Guides provide practical resources to support clients, partners, and staff of the Asian Development Bank to enhance the climate and disaster resilience of communities, infrastructure and systems.