Disaster risk

Our research recognises that disaster risk and development are closely linked: it is development processes that largely determine who and what is exposed to risk as well how much, and how effectively they can respond. SEI works to integrate disaster risk reduction with equitable, sustainable and resilient development.

Gender and GIS: Guidance Notes

Other publication / Step-by-step guidance on integrating gender concerns in the production of GIS applications

16 November 2017 / About Disaster risk

Global map of weADAPT case studies in 2017

weADAPT: celebrating 10 years at the forefront of climate change adaptation research and practice

Feature / weADAPT, SEI’s global platform and network for climate change adaptation issues, is marking its 10th anniversary in 2017.

25 October 2017 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster risk, Mitigation and Short lived climate pollutants

Q&A: Heidi Tuhkanen on analyzing the “trade-offs” between development and disaster risk reduction

Feature / Senior expert Heidi Tuhkanen discusses the initial results from a case study analyzing trade-offs between development and disaster risk reduction.

18 October 2017 / About Disaster risk

Agricultural insurance and slow-onset events stemming from climate change in the Mekong Delta

SEI brief / With slow-onset events like sea-level rise and drought threatening farmers in the Mekong Delta, the search is on for policies that can protect farmers

17 October 2017 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk and Food and agriculture

Enhancing resilience to extreme climate events: lessons from the 2015–2016 El Niño event in Asia and the Pacific

Other publication / This report summarizes the lessons learnt from the 2015-2016 El Niño event and represents a UN approach to put these lessons into practice.

6 September 2017 / About Adaptation and Disaster risk

Exploring gender inequality in the Lower Mekong Region: Creating a sub-national Gender Inequality Index (GII)

Perspective / SEI is developing a gender inequality index for Cambodia and Vietnam for better analysis of gender gaps and vulnerabilities in the Mekong Region.

29 August 2017 / About Disaster risk, Food and agriculture and Participation

Äspet beach in Kristianstad, Sweden. Photo credit: Fredrik Bong

Using participatory multi-criteria assessments for assessing disaster risk reduction measures

Journal article / A multi-criteria assessment (MCA) methodology developed through the Resilience Increasing Strategies for Coasts – Toolkit (RISC-KIT)

17 August 2017 / About Disaster risk, Participation and Public policy

Infographic: The Disaster Management Cycle, a circle of information that flows from section to section (not described here in full). The inner circle describes four phases: preparedness, response, recovery and prevention. The outer circle includes questions like, What was the impact of an event? Where are the hotspots? What are potential solutions?

Prevent climate risk in coasts, before it’s too late

Perspective / Viewing disaster risk reduction as an integrated chain of actions could help cities mitigate and adapt to climate risk and prevent our coasts from washing away.

7 July 2017 / About Adaptation, Climate services and Disaster risk

Green development and integrated risk governance

Journal article / Summary of the International Symposium on Integrated Governance of Large-scale Disaster and Economic Risks, held in Qianhai, Shenzhen, China, May 2017

26 June 2017 / About Disaster risk