Adapting to change: Time for climate resilience and a new adaptation strategy. EPC Issue Paper 5 March 2020 [PDF]
, 2020 The dramatic effects of climate change are being felt across the European continent and the world. Considering how sluggish and unsuccessful the world has been in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the impacts will become long-lasting scars.
Giuli , Marco +2 more
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Generic Continuity of Operations/Continuity of Government Plan for State-Level Transportation Agencies, Research Report 11-01 [PDF]
, 2011 The Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20 (HSPD-20) requires all local, state, tribal and territorial government agencies, and private sector owners of critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) to create a Continuity of Operations ...
Edwards, Frances L. +2 more
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Guide to Australia’s national security capability [PDF]
This paper provides a single consolidated picture of the capabilities that enable Australia to achieve national security outcomes in a range of environments, including domestically, at the border, offshore and in cyberspace.
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MANAGEMENT OF WATER EXTREMES: A SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE ON GUIDELINES FOR POLICY AND STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT [PDF]
Utilising insights gained from a literature study about the social, economic and political impacts of irrigation droughts, research done on the impacts and management of floods and water restrictions in South Africa as well as analysing the disaster ...
Viljoen, Machiel F.
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Open and Distance Learning for Basic Education in South Asia: its potential for hard-to-reach children and children in conflict and disaster areas: Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Country Studies [PDF]
, 2009 These are the country studies for the UNICEF funded project which explores the ways in which, in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka various forms of open and distance learning could be developed to better meet the needs of marginalised children and those affected ...
Creed, Charlotte +4 more
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Training of Crisis Mappers and Map Production from Multi-sensor Data: Vernazza Case Study (Cinque Terre National Park, Italy) [PDF]
, 2012 This aim of paper is to presents the development of a multidisciplinary project carried out by the cooperation between Politecnico di Torino and ITHACA (Information Technology for Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation and Action).
Boccardo, Piero +7 more
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Agricultural Policies and Risk Management: A Holistic Approach [PDF]
This paper discusses the main issues and driving forces of government policies in the area of risk management in agriculture, with particular emphasis on good policy practices and the international environment. Four main ideas are developed.
Anton, Jesus
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Network governance and climate change adaptation: collaborative responses to the Queensland floods [PDF]
This research examines ways to build adaptive capacity to climate change, through a case study of organisations that participated in the response to Queensland’s major flood disaster in Queensland in 2010/11.
Julie Mann, Kym Patison, Susan Kinnear
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Impacts of Climate Change on Human Development [PDF]
human development, climate ...
Liliana Carvajal
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Earthquake vulnerability reduction program in Colombia : a probabilistic cost-benefit analysis [PDF]
Cost-benefit analysis is a standard tool for determining the efficiency of planned projects. But one of the major difficulties in risk mitigation investments is that benefits are by nature uncertain.
Ghesquiere, Francis +2 more
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