Disaster Risk Management


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Learning from Megadisasters
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Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake Paperback The book consolidates a set of 36 Knowledge Notes, research results of a joint study undertaken by the Government of Japan and the World Bank. It provides valuable guidance to other disaster-prone countries for mainstreaming DRM in their...
Community-Based Landslide Risk Reduction
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Managing Disasters in Small Steps Paperback The book details the MoSSaiC (Management of Slope Stability in Communities) methodology, which aims to create behavioral change in vulnerable communities in developing countries. Focusing on maximizing within-country capacity to deliver landslide...
Cities and Flooding
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A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century Paperback The guide serves as a primer for decision and policy makers, technical specialists, central, regional and local government officials, and concerned stakeholders in the community sector, civil society and...
A Workbook on Planning for Urban Resilience in the Face of Disasters
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Adapting Experiences from Vietnam's Cities to Other Cities Paperback This Workbook offers a step-by-step guide for city officials to proactively plan for natural disasters and climate change impacts. It is based on learning from three cities in Vietnam that developed Local Resilience Action...
Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters
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The Economics of Effective Prevention Paperback This book examines how to ensure that the preventive measures are worthwhile and effective, and how people can make decisions individually and collectively at different levels of government.
Safer Homes, Stronger Communities
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A Handbook for Reconstructing after Natural Disasters Paperback This handbook is designed to guide public sector managers and development practitioners through the process of large-scale housing reconstruction after major disasters, based on the experiences of recent reconstruction programs...
Climate Resilient Cities
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A Primer on Reducing Vulnerabilities to Disasters Mixed Media 'Climate Resilient Cities' is the first tool of its kind for city governments to better understand how to plan for climate change impacts and impending natural disasters through sound urban planning.
Data Against Natural Disasters
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Establishing Effective Systems for Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction Paperback This book provides guidance to policy makers seeking to design effective monitoring systems for disaster response management.
Natural Disaster Hotspots Case Studies
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Paperback These case studies complement the earlier groundbreaking work of 'Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysi's published in April 2005. Three case studies address specific hazards: landslides, storm surges and drought. An additional, three case studies address regional...
Earthquake Insurance in Turkey
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History of the Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool Paperback This book presents the main technical imperatives and challenges in the development and the implementation of the Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool (TCIP) and shows how a public-private partnership may be the way forward in the...
Natural Disaster Hotspots
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A Global Risk Analysis Paperback This book presents a global view of major natural disaster risk hotspots - areas at relatively high risk of loss from one or more natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, drought, and cyclones.
Reshaping the Future
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Education and Post-Conflict Reconstruction Paperback This book aims to draw international attention to the key role that education can play in both preventing conflict and in reconstructing post-conflict societies.
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