Learning Lessons: ADB’s Response to Natural Disasters and Disaster Risks
Asian Development Bank | September 2012
Abstract
Natural disasters worldwide triggered by extreme hazards have increased sharply since the 1980s, as measured in lives lost, displaced people, and financial cost. Asia and the Pacific have borne the brunt of the physical and economic damage.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2012. Learning Lessons: ADB’s Response to Natural Disasters and Disaster Risks. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3342. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Health Hazards
Environmental Guidelines
Environmental Services
Environmental Costs
Environmental Conditions
Environmental Action Plans
Environmental Cleanup
Project Evaluation
Program Evaluation
Project Evaluation & Review Technique
Agricultural and Environmental Sectors
Project Evaluation
Program Evaluation
Performance Evaluation
Environmental Surveys
Environmental Statistics
Environmental Planning
Environmental Management
Environmental Education
Nature Protection
Landscape Protection
Program management
Environmental disasters
Environmental disasters
Oil spills prevention
Life support systems
Global environmental change
Extreme environments
Ecological disturbances
Balance of nature
Ecological risk assessment
Land degradation
Glacial erosion
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