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18th July 2014
Report : Sheltering From a Gathering Storm: Flood Resilience in India This report, Sheltering From a Gathering Storm: Flood Resilience in India, focuses on key issues related to housing in Gorakhpur, India, and provides insights into the economic and nonfinancial returns of adaptive, resilient shelter designs that take into consideration hazards such as flooding, and temperature increases.
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18th July 2014
Report : Sheltering From a Gathering Storm: The Cost and Benefits of Climate Resilient Shelter Using cost-benefit analysis, this paper, Sheltering From a Gathering Storm: The Cost and Benefits of Climate Resilient Shelter, provides insights into both the economic and nonfinancial returns of adaptive, resilient shelter designs that take into consideration hazards such as typhoons, flooding, and temperature increases.
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18th July 2014
REPORT: Qualitative Insights into the Costs and Benefits of Housing in Three Wards in Central Vietnam This paper, Qualitative Insights into the Costs and Benefits of Housing in Three Wards in Central Vietnam, looks at the costs and benefits associated with options to enhance housing resilience to typhoons.
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18th July 2014
Report : Gorakhpur: Extreme Rainfall, Climate Change, and Flooding (Technical Report) This technical report, Gorakhpur: Extreme Rainfall, Climate Change and Flooding, provides an analysis of extreme rainfall events in Gorakhpur, India.
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18th July 2014
Report : Sheltering From a Gathering Storm: Typhoon Resilience in Vietnam This report, Sheltering From a Gathering Storm: Typhoon Resilience in Vietnam, one of three case studies in Sheltering From a Gathering Storm, focuses on key issues related to housing in Da Nang, Vietnam, and provides insights into the economic and nonfinancial returns of adaptive, resilient shelter designs that take into consideration hazards such as typhoons, flooding, and temperature increases.
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18th July 2014
Report : Review of Housing Vulnerability: Implications for Climate Resilient Houses This paper, Review of Housing Vulnerability: Implications for Climate Resilient Houses, looks at the impact of typhoons in Da Nang and Vietnam and how housing, especially the semi-permanent housing which covers higher percentages, still has many technical weaknesses in structure that may be easily destroyed by strong winds or typhoons.
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17th July 2014
Report : Lessons from Typhoon Nari: Storm Resistant Housing Shown To Be Effective This brief, Lessons from Typhoon Nari: Storm Resistant Housing Shown To Be Effective, summarizes the damages caused by Typhoon Nari, puts forward lessons learned and concludes that storm resistant preparation is most cost-effective than post-disaster recovery, informed planning is necessary for a resilient future and good emergency response is not enough
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17th July 2014
Report : Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan 2013: Guide to extreme heat planning in Ahmedabad, India Ahmedabad's 2013 Heat Action Plan is the first comprehensive early warning system and preparedness plan for extreme heat events in India. The Plan creates immediate and longer term actions to increase preparedness, information sharing, and response coordination to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable populations.
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17th July 2014
Policy Brief : Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations for Slum Communities in Ahmedabad This paper, Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations for Slum Communities in Ahmedabad, looks at how, in the city of Ahmedabad, slum communities have greater exposure to extreme heat, and residents are more susceptible to its negative health effects.
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17th July 2014
Policy Brief : Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations to Prepare Outdoor Workers in Ahmedabad This report, Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations to Prepare Outdoor Workers in Ahmedabad, looks at the vulnerability of outdoor workers to extreme heat, examining construction workers' perception of, and vulnerability to, extreme heat exposure.
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17th July 2014
Policy Brief : Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations for Health Professionals in Ahmedabad This report, Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations for Health Professionals in Ahmedabad, suggests that urban health centers and link workers could be key to addressing heat vulnerability on the local level because of their direct access to the public and the long-term relationship of trust they have built.
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17th July 2014
Policy Brief : Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations for Ahmedabad’s Government Officials This paper, Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations for Ahmedabad’s Government Officials, makes recommendations to Ahmedebad's Government officials, on the current or potential disaster relief and adaption initiatives in Ahmedebad, inlcuding initiatives at a central government level, state government level and makes policy recommendations for building resilience to extreme heat in Ahmedebad.