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Challenges and opportunities for Sendai framework disaster loss reporting in the United States
Progress in Disaster Science, 2021 The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction provides quantitative indicators for nations to measure progress in the reduction of disaster losses. The collection and analysis of disaster loss data under the Sendai Framework improves our understanding
Aleeza Wilkins +7 more
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Disaster Risk Reduction Reconsidered
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2023 Increasing resilience has become the favoured approach in efforts to curb the impact of disasters. It is central to the United Nations’ International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction and to its Sustainable Development Goals, and it is now championed by most of the nations and civil society organisations working with hazards.
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Hurricane risk assessment in a multi-hazard context for Dominica in the Caribbean
Scientific Reports, 2023 Hurricanes can trigger widespread landslides and flooding creating compound hazards and multiple risks for vulnerable populations. An example is the island of Dominica in the Caribbean, where the population lives predominantly along the coast close to ...
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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR), 2022 It takes stock of global progress in implementing the targets and priorities of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and of current and future risk trends as represented by the Global Risk ...
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International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2023 The severe damage and impacts caused by extreme events in a changing climate will not only make the sustainable development goals difficult to achieve, but also erode the hard-won development gains of the past.
Jiahong Wen +4 more
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The Role of Trust in Disaster Risk Reduction: A Critical Review
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023 In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the concept of trust within the domain of natural disaster management. Trust can be defined as a state of vulnerability where one party relies on another party with the expectation that the latter ...
R. C. Bonfanti +5 more
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Consideration of compound drivers and impacts in the disaster risk reduction cycle
iScience, 2023 Summary Consideration of compound drivers and impacts are often missing from applications within the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) cycle, leading to poorer understanding of risk and benefits of actions.
B. van den Hurk +8 more
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Social media as an information source for rapid flood inundation mapping [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2015 During and shortly after a disaster, data about the hazard and its consequences are scarce and not readily available. Information provided by eyewitnesses via social media is a valuable information source, which should be explored in a~more effective way.
J. Fohringer +3 more
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Performance of the bamboo geotextile system ‘GEOBAMTILE’ for road construction on deep soft ground [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 Infrastructural development faces the dilemma of attempting to construct over deep soft ground. Practical methods to support heavy engineering construction over soft ground has evolved tremendously.
Zainuldin Nurulbaiti +2 more
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Microorganisms, 2023 Earthquakes are among the most impressive natural phenomena with very high potential to set off a chain of effects that significantly affects public health through casualties and injuries.
M. Mavrouli +3 more
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