This report aims to respond to this gap in knowledge by presenting findings from the community level in South-West Bangladesh. The main goal of this...

There is a lot of rhetoric suggesting that disaster risk reduction (DRR) pays, yet surprisingly little in the way of hard facts. This review paper...

Empirical evidence shows that acting on early warnings can help humanitarian organizations reduce losses, damages and suffering while reducing costs....

This paper identifies some barriers, gaps and opportunities in the legal and policy options available to local government when managing the effects...

Despite solid evidence regarding the large benefits of reducing disaster risk, it has remained difficult to motivate sustained investment into...

This case study is part of the UNRISD project “Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Cities” which explores adaptation...

This poster was presented by Practical Action at the American Geophysics Union 2018. Risk assessments and early warning systems are essential tools...

What implications do societies’ risk perceptions have for flood losses? This study uses a stylized, socio-hydrological model to simulate the mutual...

Nature-based adaptation planning is a challenging endeavor, not least because it requires trans disciplinary approaches to unite different actors'...