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The purpose of this paper is to critically assess the operational aspect of pedestrian evacuation models for flash floods mitigation. A number of evacuation models exist in literature, but investigations of their operational aspects and efficient

The World Bank and LFF endorsed a US$55 million work plan on key recovery projects on social needs, environment, cultural and building businesses back better in Beirut.

Co-production of recovery plans with the public is the focus of this week’s Manchester Briefing (Issue 33). The briefing identifies three core barriers to co-production (Pace, Distance [physical and social], and Complexity [of the context]) to provide a broad framework to facilitate co-production of recovery and renewal from COVID.

The 2020 Beirut port explosion is a reminder that designing disaster risk reduction strategies is not enough. The policies must also be implemented.

This report focuses on the gaps and challenges in referral pathways and inter-sector coordination specifically in Beirut after the 4 August 2020 Blast, and presents recommendations to improve access to multi-sector services of vulnerable communities. The

After the explosion of Beirut on 4 August 2020, the institutes in charge of cultural heritage safeguarding have activated a prompt response, also at international level.

This review focuses on financial support for climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives to Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) countries such as Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, the occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs)

This report assesses the economic impacts of water scarcity for six Middle Eastern countries and examines how water-use efficiency improvements and trade can mitigate these impacts. In doing so, it provides water planners and managers key arguments to