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Research Study on IDPs in urban settings - Afghanistan
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)World Bank
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Afghanistan

This study investigates the characteristics, livelihood strategies and vulnerabilities of households living in informal settlements in three major urban centers in Afghanistan, with a specific...

Climate Proofing Infrastructure in Bangladesh. The Incremental Cost...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): World Bank
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Bangladesh

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...

Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): World Bank
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Yemen

This report—prepared through a consultative process with Government and other stakeholders in the Arab World—assesses the potential effects of climate change on the Arab region and outlines...

Debris management: Recovery planning
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): World BankGlobal Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Japan

Some 20 million tonnes of waste resulted from the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE). The amount of debris in Iwate Prefecture was 11 times greater than in a normal year, and in Miyagi 19 times...