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Resilience improvement needs for public water supply systems in Dar Es Salaam

The impacts of natural hazards in the form of floods are severe, and lifeline systems such as water supply are at risk. Tanzania is no exclusion to this risk. A 30” water transmission main in Dar es Salaam was broken and dragged away following recent

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Flash flood warnings: Recent achievements in France with the national Vigicrues Flash system

Flash floods (FF) events are difficult to forecast because of their small temporal and spatial scale. Furthermore, they often occur on un-monitored small rivers, where no real-time data is available to warn people. To better anticipate these events and

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The RESCULT project: a new European interoperable database for improving the resilience of cultural heritage subject to disasters

Disasters represent a serious threat to cultural heritage by causing permanent damages or the destruction of entire areas where movable and immovable cultural goods are located. Moreover, inadequate emergency operations can intensify what natural

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Views from the frontline 2019: Local level monitoring of progress of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Reduction and related frameworks: Snapshot of VFL 2019 pilot results in Tonga and the Philippines

In order to ensure that policies, plans and activities that are aimed at building resilience are effective, it is important that they are informed by the priorities of those most at risk. Local people have critical knowledge on the risks they face and

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From indicators to action: the case of Auckland ten essentials of Sendai Framework

With increasing urban challenges associated with impacts of climate change, risks from natural and man-made hazards, population growth, and urban densification, a focus on long-term resilience to ensure a high level of liveability is essential. Auckland

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Analyzing logistic operations in rain and storm-related disaster: a case study of four cities in Sao Paulo, Brazil

The cities of São Luiz do Paraitinga, in 2010; Cubatão, in 2013; Itaóca, in 2014; and Jarinu in 2016, all located in the State of São Paulo, suffered disasters caused by heavy rains and storms resulting in human and economic losses, as well as leaving

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Estimation of damages and losses for disasters in Bogotá D.C. (Colombia)

Bogotá, capital of Colombia, with 8.2 million inhabitants by 2018, has a system to report different types of emergencies (Information System for Risk Management and Climate Change — SIRE), collecting information since 2002. This work presents the

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Sendai Framework voluntary commitments: Synthesis and analysis report 2019

Main results suggest that VCs have an average duration of 6.5 years, the scope of their activities is predominantly at the national or local levels (58 percent) and are concentrated mainly in the Asia region.
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Reports

Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction 2019

The 2019 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is informed by the latest data – including Sendai Framework target reporting by countries using the Sendai Framework Monitor
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Opportunities to integrate disaster reduction risk and climate resilience into sustainable finance

This report sets out recommendations on how the main sustainable finance initiatives underway can support a major reduction in disaster risk. 

The scale of financial flows and investments is massive. In Europe assets under management reached €25.2

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