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June, 2014
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Author: Bui Duc Tinh, Nguyen Manh Hung
Insurance for catastrophic disasters, despite being in the interest of policy makers and private insurers in the context of climate change, has not achieved significant penetration and suffers low financial performance due to a lack of well-designed insurance products. Index-based insurance is...
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March, 2014
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Author: Dilip Singh, Dr. Bijay Singh, Kate Hawley
This case study, one of three in the project, 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 ...
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March, 2014
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Author: Fawad Khan, Sharmeen Malik, Atta Rehman
This case study, one of three in the project, focuses on key issues related to temperature in Pakistan, 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...
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March, 2014
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Author: Phong Tran, Tuan Huu Tran, Anh Tuan Tran
This case study, one of three in the project, 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,...
ASIA:Vietnam Vietnam:Da Nang |
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March, 2014
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Author: P. Tran, T.H. Tran, A.T. Tran
Da Nang is affected by many types of climate hazards, including typhoons, floods, drought, coastline erosion, landslides, and so forth, and the risk of such hazards is increasing as a consequence of global climate change.http://i-s-e-t.org/resources/major-program-reports/typhoon-resilience-in...
ASIA:Vietnam Vietnam:Da Nang |
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January, 2013
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Author: Michael DiGregorio
On November 2, 2009, typhoon Mirinae slammed into the coast of central Vietnam killing 122 people and causing $280 million in damage to property. While typhoons strike Vietnam each fall, the severity of this storm caught both meteorologists and local disaster relief professionals off guard....
ASIA:Vietnam Vietnam:Quy Nhon |
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January, 2013
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On October 15, 2013 Typhoon Nari landed in Da Nang city with level-12 winds and level-13 (130km/h) gusts. Winds, coupled with heavy rainfall which led to flooding in many areas of the city, caused severe damages—many people were injured, thousands of houses destroyed or roofs blown off, and...
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January, 2012
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Author: Michael DiGregorio, Huynh Cao Van
On November 2, 2009, typhoon Mirinae slammed into the coast of central Vietnam, killing 122 people and causing $280 million in damage to property. While typhoons regularly strike the coasts of central Vietnam each fall, the severity of this storm took both meteorologists and local disaster relief...
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