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- This document summarizes experiences of three case study areas—Da Nang in Viet Nam,the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, and Naga City in the Philippines—in incentives for disasterrisk reduction. Targeted at national and city governments, this summary document sets out what incentives are and how they are currently used in the three casestudy...
- GLIDE number: FL-2016-000071-LBR
Disaster type: Flood
Affected countries: Liberia
From 29 June 2016, Upper and Lower Margibi County in Liberia experienced widespread flooding, which affected more than 15,000 people (15,431) in 49 communities. (IFRC, 12 Jul 2016)
As of July 11, more than 1,300 people have been affected by recent torrential rains that destroyed their…
- Over 28,000 households live in high risk zones in the Ngororero district with around 1,800 of them deemed vulnerable. A new project has been launched to help build disaster resilient communities in two sectors of the district. Amongst other initiatives, it will see over 200 youths acquire vocational and business skills over the course of the two years.
- This report discusses cities’ resilience from economic, social, environmental and institutional perspectives. Ten case studies, including Antalya (Turkey), Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Bursa (Turkey), Cardiff (United Kingdom), Kobe (Japan), Kyoto (Japan), Lisbon (Portugal), Oslo (Norway), Ottawa (Canada) and Tampere (Finland) provide important...
- This review paper presents the chronology and frequency of tornados in Bangladesh between 1865 and 2014 to identify their destruction pattern. It demonstrates that the regularity of tornados increases the last few decades, since 1960.The authors suggest the following measures for mitigating impacts and reducing losses: improved...
- This paper provides a framework for assessing a country’s vulnerability to food crisis in the event of natural disasters. Macroeconomic and structural indicators that are crucial for ensuring the resilience of low-income countries to adverse external shocks are equally important for minimizing the occurrence of food crisis in the event of...
- This brief outlines some options to help prioritise mountain environments and populations as an essential target of the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) countries’ implementation efforts, regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): improve regional action and transboundary cooperation; articulate the SDGs at the...
- This case study is one of four commissioned by BRACED to assess the links between resilience and gender in partners’ projects. It documents approaches used to promote gender equality within the Zaman Lebidi project, as well as the latent challenges and opportunities in this process.The case study has been written by practitioners and reflect...
- Canada and Mexico have signed signed two new memoranda of understanding to enhance cooperation on security and defence, focusing on focuses on all types of threats, including natural disasters, extreme weather events, crime, terrorism, and health-related problems.
- The regional programme for “Disaster Risk Reduction to Improve Resilience of Communities and Institutions in the South Caucasus” has been launched today in Yerevan. The programme, in its fourth phase, aims to make communities in areas prone to natural hazards less vulnerable, and to boost their resilience to natural and man-made hazards.