Understanding Disaster Risk
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Understanding Disaster Risk
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Author : Pedro Pinto Santos
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2020-09-30
Understanding Disaster Risk written by Pedro Pinto Santos and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-30 with Science categories.
Understanding Disaster Risk: A Multidimensional Approach presents the first principle from the UNISDR Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015-2030. The framework includes a discussion of risk and resilience from both a theoretical and governance perspective in light of ideas that are shaping our common future. In addition, it presents innovative tools and best practices in reducing risk and building resilience. Combining the applications of social, financial, technological, design, engineering and nature-based approaches, the volume addresses rising global priorities and focuses on strengthening the global understanding of vulnerability, displaced communities, cultural heritages and cultural identity. Readers will gain a multifaceted understanding of disaster, addressing both historic and contemporary issues. Focusing on the various dimensions of disaster risk, the book details natural and social components of risk and the challenges posed to risk assessment models under the climate change paradigm. - Addresses the current challenges in policy and practice for building resilience strategies - Follows the global frameworks for disaster risk reduction and sustainability, specifically the UNISDR Sendai Framework for DRR, 2015-2030 - Aids in understanding the natural and social components of risk in a diverse and globalized world - Presents the challenges posed to risk assessment models under the climate change paradigm
Understanding Disaster Insurance
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Author : Carolyn Kousky
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2022-10-13
Understanding Disaster Insurance written by Carolyn Kousky and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-13 with Social Science categories.
The frequency and intensity of natural disasters—such as wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and storms—is on the rise, threatening our way of life and our livelihoods. Managing this growing risk will be central to economic and social progress in the coming decades. Insurance, an often confusing and unpopular tool, will be critical to successfully emerging from the effects of these crises. Its traditional role is to protect us from unforeseen and unanticipated risk, but as currently structured, insurance cannot adequately respond to these types of threats. How can we improve insurance to provide consistent and sufficient help following all disasters? How do we use insurance not just to help us recover, but also to help us prevent disasters in the first place? And how can insurance help us achieve broader social and environmental goals? Understanding Disaster Insurance provides an accessible introduction to the complexities—and exciting possibilities—of risk transfer markets in the U.S. and around the world. Carolyn Kousky, a leading researcher on disaster risk and insurance, explains how traditional insurance markets came to be structured and why they fall short in meeting the needs of a world coping with climate change. She then offers realistic, yet hopeful, examples of new approaches. With examples ranging from individual entrepreneurs to multi-country collaborations, she shows how innovative thinking and creative applications of insurance-based mechanisms can improve recovery outcomes for people and their communities. She also explores the role of insurance in supporting policy goals beyond disaster recovery, such as nature-positive approaches for larger environmental impact. The book holds up the possibility that new risk transfer markets, brought to scale, could help create more equitable and sustainable economies. Insurance and risk transfer markets can be a powerful tool for adapting to climate change, yet they are frequently misunderstood. Many find insurance confusing or even problematic and ineffective. Understanding Disaster Insurance is a useful guidebook for policymakers, innovators, students, and other decision makers working to secure a resilient future—and anyone affected by wind, fire, rain, or flood.
Urban Risk Assessments
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2012
Urban Risk Assessments written by and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Business & Economics categories.
"The report was prepared by a Bank team comprised of Eric Dickson ... [et al.]."
The Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2015
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Author : United Nations Publications
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
The Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2015 written by United Nations Publications and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Business & Economics categories.
"Sales no.: E.17.II.F.13"--Cover page 2.
Understanding Disaster Risk Management As An Everyday Concept And Practice In Municipal Government Policy Planning And Management
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Author : María Evangelina Filippi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Understanding Disaster Risk Management As An Everyday Concept And Practice In Municipal Government Policy Planning And Management written by María Evangelina Filippi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
Disaster Risk Reduction And Management Handbook For Academic Institutions
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Author : Ferdinand C. Llanes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Disaster Risk Reduction And Management Handbook For Academic Institutions written by Ferdinand C. Llanes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Disaster relief categories.
Living With Risk
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Author : International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
language : en
Publisher: International Strategy Disaster Reductn
Release Date : 2004
Living With Risk written by International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and has been published by International Strategy Disaster Reductn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Political Science categories.
This publication (published in 2 volumes, not sold separately by TSO) is intended for people who have an interest in and practice disaster risk management and sustainable development. It provides guidance, policy orientation and inspiration, as well as serving as a reference for lessons on how to reduce risk and vulnerability to hazards and to meet the challenges of tomorrow. It consists of (vol. 1) the report, including case studies; and (vol. 2) annexes, for example, a glossary of specialized terminology , and a directory of international, regional, national and specialized organizations (vol. 2). It replaces the preliminary version which was released in July 2002 (not available from TSO).
Understanding The Economic And Financial Impacts Of Natural Disasters
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Author : Charlotte Benson
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2004
Understanding The Economic And Financial Impacts Of Natural Disasters written by Charlotte Benson and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.
Disaster prevention and mitigation are integral to development activities. In February 2000, the World Bank's Disaster Management Facility initiated a three-year study on the economic and financial consequences of natural disasters with the support of the U.K. Department for International Development.
Understanding Risk In An Evolving World
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Author : Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Understanding Risk In An Evolving World written by Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
The 10-year-long Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) set out to substantially reduce impacts from natural disasters by 2015. Despite efforts toward this goal, economic losses from natural disasters are rising from US$50 billion each year in the 1980s, to just under $200 billion each year in the last decade (World Bank and GFDRR 2013). The economic losses sustained by lower- and middle-income countries alone over the last 30 years represent a full third of all total development assistance in the same time period, offsetting tremendous efforts by governments, multilateral organizations, and other actors. As the HFA period ends against a backdrop of challenging disaster risk trends, and consultations toward a post-2015 framework move forward, it is important to reflect on the role of disaster risk assessments in achieving disaster and climate resilience, and on the contributions risk assessments have made over the last 10 years. Understanding Risk in an Evolving World: Emerging Best Practices in Natural Disaster Risk Assessment, which was developed to inform post-HFA discussions and the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR),1 reports on the current state of the practice of risk assessment and on advances made over the last decade.
Annual Report
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Author : South Africa. Department of Cooperative Governance
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Annual Report written by South Africa. Department of Cooperative Governance and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Local government categories.