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Landslide risk management: from hazard to disaster risk reduction
Integrated disaster risk management is crucial in reducing landslide risk. The International Consortium on Landslides has launched several...
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Geohazards and Disaster Risk Reduction Multidisciplinary and Integrated Approaches
This book provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to addressing geohazards, with topics such as social vulnerability reduction, risk...
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Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience Climate Change and Disaster Risk Adaptation
This book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. The series aims to fill in gaps in theory and practice in the...
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Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction Insight Towards Perception, Response, Adaptation and Sustainability
The book seeks to comprehend how indigenous knowledge systems of local communities can be effectively used in disaster management of various types. A...
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Indigenous Knowledge of Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia
Indigenous knowledge-based disaster risk reduction is expected to be a community preventive effort before a disaster occurs. This chapter aims to...
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Disaster risk reduction in mountain areas: a research overview
This paper gives an account of the diverse dimensions of research on disaster risk reduction in mountain regions derived from an open call of the Journ...
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Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience Disaster and Social Aspects
This book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. The series aims to fill in gaps in theory and practice in the...
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Nature-Based Disaster Risk Reduction of Floods in Urban Areas
Floods in urban areas have become more frequent globally, with catastrophic impacts. The cause is not only a natural event of extensive rain but is...
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How Can Practitioners Support Citizen Volunteers in Disaster Risk Reduction? Insight from “Good and Ready” in Aotearoa New Zealand
Global and national policy frameworks emphasize the importance of people’s participation and volunteers’ role in disaster risk reduction. While...
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Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience Disaster Socio-Hydrological Resilience and Sustainability
This book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. The series aims to fill in gaps in theory and practice in the...
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Financing Disaster Risk Reduction: Exploring the Opportunities, Challenges, and Threats Within the Southern African Development Community Region
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, a regional economic body comprised of 16 member states, is one of our planet’s most...
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Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience Disaster Economic Vulnerability and Recovery Programs
This book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. The series aims to fill in gaps in theory and practice in the...
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Assessing the myth of disaster risk reduction in the wake of catastrophic floods
Whether disasters serve as focusing events leading to measures that reduce future disaster risks is contested. Here, we study flood disasters in 23...
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Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience Disaster Risk Management Strategies
This book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. The series aims to fill in gaps in theory and practice in the...
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Social vulnerability in Chile: challenges for multi-scale analysis and disaster risk reduction
Socio-natural disasters can have profound consequences for countries exposed to natural hazards. Consequently, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)...
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Proceedings of the 4th Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction Increasing the Effectiveness and Relevance of Our Institutes
This book presents selected papers by the keynote speakers and other presenters from various disciplines and includes their opinions and evaluations....
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On the Meaning of Impact in Disaster Risk Reduction
This article offers a discussion of the meaning, assessment, and measurement of impact in disaster risk reduction. It begins with a historical...
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Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Their Linkages with Sustainable Development over the Past 30 Years: A Review
The severe damage and impacts caused by extreme events in a changing climate will not only make the sustainable development goals difficult to...
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Institutional Capacity and the Roles of Key Actors in Fire Disaster Risk Reduction: The Case of Ibadan, Nigeria
Inefficient and ineffective fire management practices are common to most urban areas of develo** countries. Nigerian cities are typical examples of...
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Indigenous Approaches to Disaster Risk Reduction, Community Sustainability, and Climate Change Resilience
Indigenous forms of science and practices pertaining to disaster risk reduction and climate resilience are increasingly recognized within the...