Given the series of large-scale flood disasters that have occurred in recent years, there is a growing recognition among community leaders,...

This chapter discusses the importance of cost effectiveness while selectine the flood mitigation measures.

Nepal is severely flood-prone and ranks 20th worldwide in terms of flood-affected population. Although it is widely acknowledged that both national...

Economic losses as a result of natural hazards have been rising over the past few decades due to socio-economic development and perhaps climate...

This Cost Benefit Analysis was undertaken to provide Mercy Corps with a quantitative analysis to complement the qualitative benefits that we have...

One commonly proposed method to limit flood risk is land‐use or zoning policies which regulates construction in high‐risk areas, in order to reduce...

As the first study of its kind undertaken in the Maldives it supports evidence based decision making for national policy makers in the reduction of...

Groups vulnerable to storms and typhoons are often poor, and many lack basic resources for response and recovery. Due to technical failures in...

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...