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Displaying 3 of about 3 resultsPredictive models have great potential for forecasting population displacements from climatic and other disasters. But disaster displacement risk assessment approaches often use probabilistic models and big data analysis to make global-level predictions, which have limited utility for planning and delivering local interventions that address vulnera…
This white paper argues that improving the region’s resilience and sustainability requires a holistic, systems approach and integrated prospective action that recognizes the impact of the various underlying conditions and vulnerabilities on amplifying disaster risks, and their link to growing trends of interconnected food and energy insecurities, and mi…
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Forced displacement is one of the most common and immediate impacts of disasters. Facilitating people’s movement to avoid their exposure to life-threatening situations via evacuations or planned relocations is one of the most effective ways of reducing mortality and injury. Having to flee one’s home, however, particularly…