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09 January 2015
David Matyas Sahel Regional Resilience Adviser, Save the Children, Senegal, and Mark Pelling Professor, Department of Geography, King’s College London, United KingdomAbstractResilience is a ubiquitous term in disaster risk management and is an increasingl
Scientific Outputs
26 December 2014
BackgroundEstablished in 2006, Periperi U is a platform for university partnership to reduce disaster risks in Africa. It stands for ‘Partners Enhancing Resilience of People Exposed to Risks’ – with a special focus on advancing university action on risk a
Scientific Outputs
19 November 2014
AbstractThis study explores the causes of the Typhoon Morakot disaster based on adopting principles proposed by the forensic investigation approach, so as to learn from experiences of past disaster and disaster resilience. Typhoon Morakot severely devasta
Scientific Outputs
31 October 2014
In this issue of the IRDR newsletter, we feature the highlights of IRDR activities towards the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: IRDR at the PrepCom1, response to Pre-Zero-Draft, the Science and Technology Major Group, ICSU General Assembly
