The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) aims to build resilience, globally, by working with multiple stakeholders to trigger rapid transformation in...

Floods cause more damage worldwide to human life and property than any other type of natural disaster. This trend shows no sign of abating. Many of...

The Zurich Flood Resilience Measurement Tool is an innovation in community flood resilience theory and practice. Large-scale application in over 70...

Making the case for pre-event disaster risk reduction Large-scale flood disasters in recent years vividly demonstrate the need to invest in risk...

In late May and early June 2016, storms ‘Elvira’ and ‘Friederike’ resulted in extreme rainfall exceeding 180 mm in some regions of southern Germany....

This review is concerned with measurements of resilience against natural disasters. It includes measurements that focus – partially or fully – on...

This review examines good practices to reduce disaster risk through education, knowledge and innovation (including efforts to protect schools from...

Levees — massive earthen or concrete structures that keep rivers confined to their channels — tame the flow of rivers and make life possible for the...

This poster was presented by Practical Action at the American Geophysics Union 2018. The session on Building Resilience to Natural Hazards by...