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- En 2018, la Suisse a essuyé une nouvelle fois un été exceptionnellement chaud. Avec une température moyenne de 15,3 °C pour les mois de juin, de juillet et d’août, ce fut le troisième été le plus chaud depuis le début des mesures en 1864,...
- Disasters have a major impact on the poor and need substantial resources to reduce them both before and after the disaster. Zakat may be an important resource that can be used specially to build the resilience of poor communities to disasters. This study aims at investigating the role of the effectiveness of the zakat system as an instrument in helping...
- This paper demonstrates pathways for building on the resources, networks, and latent capacities of urban informality to enhance the climate resilience of urban systems, using post-disaster case study research from two Pacific Small Island Developing States to illustrate conceptual and practical opportunities for urban planning to engage constructively...
- This paper summarises the key changes in urban planning and building regulations that were introduced in Victoria over time to minimise the effects of bushfire on settlements. These have generally occurred within four main eras, being the independent origins of planning and bushfire risk management, the progressive emergence of bushfire risk management...
- Recent high-profile building fires involving highly-combustible external cladding panels inAustralia as well as Dubai, China, and the United Kingdom have created a heightened awareness bythe public, government, and commercial entities to act on the risks associated with non-compliantbuilding structures. In this paper, a database of fire events involving...
- The report considers the financial scale of international assistance required to minimize and redress climate-induced loss and damage. It discusses possible financial sources and distribution channels inside and outside the financial architecture of the Paris Agreement. It also provides guidance in how far the different options respond to climate justice...
- In the European Economic Area member countries (EEA-33), the total reported economic losses caused by weather and climate-related extremes over the period 1980-2017 amounted to approximately EUR 453 billion (in 2017 Euro values). Average annual economic losses in the EEA member countries varied between EUR 7.4 billion over the period 1980-1989,...
- This analysis explores the impact of World Vision’s long-term, resilience-focused programs in situations of recurrent or protracted crises – contexts where World Vision has sought to bridge the humanitarian-development nexus. This paper explores World Vision’s work in three contexts highly dependent on humanitarian assistance...
- GLIDE number: FL-2019-000162-MYS
Disaster type: Flash Flood, Flood, Land Slide
Affected countries: Malaysia
Significant heavy rains from 26 November 2019 have caused flooding in four states in Peninsular Malaysia, namely, Johor, Kelantan, Pahang and Terengganu. The floods have temporarily displaced about 15,000 families across the country. The situation following the weekend…
- GLIDE number: EQ-2019-000157-ALB
Disaster type: Earthquake
Affected countries: Albania
The 6.4 magnitude quake struck just before 4 a.m., 34 kilometres northwest of Tirana, Albania’s capital, and has killed 16 people and injured more than 600, according to the government. There are reports of severe damage to infrastructure, and several buildings have collapsed in Thumane and…