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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… children because of their cognitive immaturity which can lead them to take unreasonable risks (UNEP, 2002). All of … DRR strategies focus mainly on storm surges that can lead to flooding, coastal erosion and damage to … canals reach 3,500 km. Here, anthropogenic activities lead to an excess of nitrogen and to the eutrophication of …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… of human interventions in the physical environment that lead to the development of new hazards, higher levels of … and disasters interact in multiple ways. Major disasters lead to severe environmental consequences while well- managed … some clear indication of how ecological degradation can lead to a decline in provision of ecosystem services and …