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Disaster Response Regional Architectures: Assessing Future Possibilities
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2017-09-30)
This report captures the workshop discussions and presents key findings and recommendations for policymakers and decision-makers in governments, international organizations, academic institutions, and civil societies. Reference to the Indo-Asia-Pacific ...
Fiji: Tropical Cyclone Winston Emergency Reconstruction Response
(Asian Development Bank, 2017-09-30)
The extremely destructive Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Winston struck Fiji in February 2016, causing the tragic loss of 44 lives. Damage to property and the consequent economic disruption were valued at about one fi fth of the country’s gross domestic ...
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Institutional Issues on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2017-12-30)Ensuring the realization of the full potential of the incumbent DRRM policy requires appropriate sectoral and institutional translation of its espoused principles; reflecting more refined institutional arrangements, and policy and resource support. ... -
Embedding Community-Based Flood Risk Management in Investment: A Part-to-Whole Approach
(Asian Development Bank, 2017-12-30)Flash floods and landslides are common in Asia and the Pacific. In July 2017, continuous heavy rainfall led to severe flooding in much of the southern region of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), affecting more than 14.9 million people in 11 provinces. ... -
Humanitarian Technology: New Innovations, Familiar Challenges, and Difficult Balances
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2017-12-30)Many new technologies hold significant promise to improve aid delivery. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are beaming data directly to software programmes to produce real-time maps of disaster-affected areas and populations in extremis. Artificial ... -
Power of the Crowd: Collective Voices in HADR
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2017-12-13)Information provided by affected citizens and community volunteers informs decision makers of the realities on the ground. This crowdsourced data now plays an important part in disaster responses. However, these efforts are still plagued by issues of ... -
Natural Hazard Data: A Practical Guide
(Asian Development Bank, 2017-11-30)Asia and the Pacific faces significant exposure to every major type of geophysical and weather-related hazard, and the countries in the region consistently rank among the most at risk from the human and economic impacts of natural hazards. The purpose ... -
Disaster Risk Assessment for Project Preparation: A Practical Guide
(Asian Development Bank, 2017-11-30)Disasters pose a significant threat to the sustainability of development investments. From 2007 to 2016, disasters triggered by natural hazards caused average daily physical losses of $133 million in the developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian ... -
Disaster Risk Management and Country Partnership Strategies: A Practical Guide
(Asian Development Bank, 2017-11-30)From 2007 to 2016, disasters triggered by natural hazards caused around 322,000 fatalities, affected 1.7 billion people, and resulted in direct physical damage totaling $487 billion in the developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development ... -
Lessons from the Field: Timor-Leste and El Niño
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2017-11-21)Timor-Leste’s response to the El Niño emergency in 2015-16 has exposed the challenges ahead as climate-induced disasters become commonplace in the future. -
Simultaneous Disasters in Southeast Asia: Is Risk Outpacing Resilience?
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2017-10-30)Since Southeast Asian leaders signed the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) in 2005, the region has prioritised developing national and regional disaster management capabilities to respond to disasters. However, the ... -
Disaster Response Regional Architectures: Assessing Future Possibilities
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2017-09-30)This report captures the workshop discussions and presents key findings and recommendations for policymakers and decision-makers in governments, international organizations, academic institutions, and civil societies. Reference to the Indo-Asia-Pacific ...