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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2009-03
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 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12527
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