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Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… input with lessons from the Ecosystems Protecting Infrastructure and Communities (EPIC) project. A special … decades and more so in rich countries, mainly due to infrastructure loss (The World Bank, 2010). With the … vulnerability, for example, level of poverty, quality of infrastructure, etc. (Renaud et al., 2013): Disaster Risk = …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… vulnerable to the impacts of cyclones, with some critical infrastructure in low-lying areas including the airport, … & Johnson, 2004). Extensive damage to property and infrastructure from Cyclone Yasi has been costed at AUS$ 800 … Cyclones not only cause significant damage to property and infrastructure, but can also be responsible for the …
The importance of adaptation and disaster risk reduction in coastal areas
… RECOGNIZING that many economic activities and critical infrastructure are concentrated in coastal areas and that the … coastal habitats; f. conserve and restore “natural coastal infrastructure”, coastal ecosystems and wetlands (and in … to enhance risk reduction and improve efficiency of hard infrastructure while continuing to provide additional …