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This chapter examines research undertaken on the impact of disasters and climate change on development processes in Southeast Asia, which is considered one of the most vulnerable regions to disasters. The research investigates the disaster recovery processes and loss and damage systems in four long-term disaster contexts across Southeast Asia, including floods in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta, livelihood and infrastructure flood responses in Prey Veng, Cambodia, traditional fisheries management in tsunami recovery in Aceh, Indonesia and SMEs recovery from floods in Central Thailand. The study develops a typology of loss and damage systems and identifies effective intervention strategies, both formal and informal, to achieve more harmonized disaster recovery and climate loss and damage systems. A harmonized approach in disaster and climate governance is essential to address the root causes of risk, instead of just the impacts and consequences of ongoing disaster events and climatic processes.
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The research extends its gratitude to the Asia Pacific Network for Global Environmental Change Research (APN) for supporting the project. We also extend our thanks to numerous individuals who assisted with field data collection, interviews, or provided valuable information for the project. Special appreciation goes to Suttirak San-ngah, Sok Sophoarn, Dton Siriwan, Dr. Nguyen Duy Can, Nguyen Quynh Anh, and Do Thuy Ngan.
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Boyland, M., Marks, D., Kimkong, H., Nugroho, A. (2024). Towards Effective Loss and Damage Systems in Disaster Recovery Contexts in Southeast Asia. In: Wijenayake, V., Stevenson, L.A., Takemoto, A., Ranjan, A., Mombauer, D., Ismail, N. (eds) Linking Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Loss & Damage. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8055-0_6
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