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The 2010 floods in Pakistan affected more than 20 million people, with loss of lives and livelihoods, and the destruction of homes, basic infrastructure and standing crops. Sindh and Punjab were...
These posters have been prepared as a companion guide for the development and use of local materials, particularly soils, lime and pozzolans for construction in rural flood prone areas of...
The Philippines is exposed to numerous typhoons every year, each of which poses a potential threat to livelihoods, shelter, and in some cases life. Flooding caused by such events leads to...
This manual has been prepared as a guide for the development and use of local materials, particularly soils, lime and pozzolans for construction in rural flood prone areas of Pakistan, where...
The impact of natural disasters on the older population is unlikely to diminish in the years to come due to the increasing number of older persons in Malaysia. Recent trends with respect to...
This set of information, education and communication (IEC) materials aims to educate and create awareness on how to be prepared and stay safe in case of floods. These Resources use information and...
This document presents the spatial distribution of flood hazard for the WHO e-atlas of disaster risk, volume 1: exposure to natural hazards, Version 2.0. The methodology used to spatially...
The 2010 Pakistan floods began in July after
persistent heavy monsoonal rains inundated nearly
every section of the country. As of late August, at least
1,645 people were killed...
This paper examines the potential cost of offsetting increased flooding risk from climate change, based on simulations from a climate model of extreme floods out to 2050. The remainder of the...
In July 2010 Pakistan was hit by the worst floods in its history. Twenty million people across an area of over 100,000 sq. km were affected, and there was widespread damage to property and...