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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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The Role of the Spatial Network in Urban Disaster Risk Variations: Reimagining the Notion of Spatial Vulnerability at the Urban Scale
The notion of “spatial vulnerability” is present in most disaster studies with a strong geographical connotation and accordingly is adopted at all...
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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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Risk analysis of rainstorm-urban lifeline system disaster chain based on the PageRank-risk matrix and complex network
Rainstorm disasters cause serious threats to people’s lives and property. Enhancing emergency response and decision-making capabilities for rainstorm...
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Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction in Urban Planning—Southern Urban Area of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The Southern Urban Area of Ho Chi Minh City is one of the fastest-growing urban areas in Vietnam, with a rapidly increasing population. On the other...
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Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture
Disaster risk could be a serious injury or even loss of human life, destruction or damage of property or assets of society due to exposure to some...
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Evolution of Disaster Risk Reduction Systems in India
India has always been vulnerable to different hazards due its diverse geographic and climatic condition. In its initial years, disaster management in...
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Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in EIA/SEA for Climate and Disaster Resilient Development
Applying environmental management and ecosystem based approaches in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) signals an important paradigm shift in disaster...
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Disaster Risk Reduction Through Agricultural Engineering Technologies
Disasters in agriculture are inevitable; therefore, a disaster risk reduction plan is essential to reduce the hazards. This study aimed to comprehend...
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A spatial evaluation framework of urban physical resilience considering different phases of disaster risk management
The physical structure of urban settlements has become increasingly vulnerable to hazards following the growing trends of natural hazards, including...
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Estimating the Effects of Community Disaster Management Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction Literacy Using Propensity Score Analysis
Improving the disaster risk reduction literacy of residents is crucial for reducing the damage caused by serious disasters. This study aimed to...
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Nature-Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Involvement of Women in Mitigating the Disaster Impacts
In a background where natural hazards are alarmingly reported around the globe, a question has arisen on the effectiveness of the conventional...
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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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Disaster Risk Reduction
Urbanization, developmental activities, and climate change have increased the risks of flooding in many areas all around the world. Climate change...
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Risk Assessment and Management Method of Urban Flood Disaster
Due to the failure of flood control and drainage infrastructure to match the rapidly growing urbanization process, urban flooding has become one of...
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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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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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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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Nature Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction: Concepts and Overview
Increased frequencies of extreme climate events have been a matter of grave concern for the South Asia region. Disasters and environment have been...
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Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Integration through Environmental Legislation in India
Inter-linkages between disasters, environmental degradation, and climatic changes are well recognised as well as linking disaster risk reduction with...