By Joedie Mae D. Boliver QUEZON CITY, June 19 (PIA) – The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (DOST-PAGASA) introduced...
FOREWORD Shelter Projects 2017–2018 has been written by practitioners for practitioners to help them understand what worked and what did not work in previous shelter responses. In a world where...
Background The UNDP is one of the development organizations which immediately responded to Typhoon Yolanda through assistance to the affected LGUs and communities in debris clearing and waste...
With disasters uprooting 24 million people a year, pressure grows on governments to reduce the risk, and do more to protect the displaced (Fixes number in para 18 after IDMC correction to 2.8 million...
INTRODUCTION The ASEAN Risk Monitor and Disaster Management Review (ARMOR) is important for several reasons. Firstly, until this point there has been no authoritative publication that provides risk...
URBAN SETTLEMENTS WORKING GROUP EDITORIAL Affected communities do not perceive their recovery in sectoral terms, but from a holistic, multi-sectoral perspective. Whilst sectoral approaches and...
OVERVIEW • Countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region2 experience a range of natural hazards, including droughts, earthquakes, floods, forest fires, hurricanes, landslides,...
Funafuti, Tuvalu - Detailed and accurate information on the relationship between land height and sea level will be made available for the first time since sea level rise became an issue of concern to...
This publication provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues to date. The 10th edition features policy briefs focusing on the effects of climate change,...
Executive Summary Bangladesh, due to its geographic location, is highly exposed to different climatic hazards and natural disasters. Environmental vulnerability coupled with poor infrastructural and...