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GDLN Seminar on Strengthening Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific : Volume 3. Local Government Approaches to Disaster Risk Management: Climate-Resilient Cities

In the GLDN seminar, the recovery procedures in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake and the Asian tsunami were discussed. This introduction to Catastrophe Risk Financing Frameworks seminar provided participants with an understanding of catastrophe...

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ACCIDENTS
ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
AIR
AIR QUALITY
APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE
BUILDING CODES
CAPACITY BUILDING
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS
CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
DEATH TOLLS
DISASTER
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DROUGHTS
EARTHQUAKE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EXTREME CLIMATIC EVENTS
FLOODS
GHG
GLOBAL CLIMATE
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBAL FACILITY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
GREEN HOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
HOT SPOT
LANDSLIDES
LIGHTING
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARDS
RAIN
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
SCENARIOS
SCIENTISTS
SODIUM
STORM
STORM SURGES
VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/03/16278164/gdln-seminar-strengthening-disaster-risk-management-east-asia-pacific-vol-3-5
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12527
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Summary:In the GLDN seminar, the recovery procedures in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake and the Asian tsunami were discussed. This introduction to Catastrophe Risk Financing Frameworks seminar provided participants with an understanding of catastrophe risk financing frameworks. In addition, it informed participants of new product lines in risk mitigation and risk finance and transfer and shared experiences of Bank-financed projects, including Turkey's Catastrophic Insurance Pool.

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