Evidence from measuring community flood resilience in Asia

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Disaster risk and subsequent loss and damage in Asia are increasing at an alarming rate, threatening socioeconomic gains. Arresting this rapid increase in exposure requires risk-informed development and urban planning - a challenging proposition complicated by multiple economic and political incentives. To reduce these risks, action at the national and regional levels must be complemented by action at the community level. Measuring community disaster resilience can help lead to novel and systemic investments that build community resilience. Our analysis of community flood resilience data finds deficiencies and potential for substantial improvements in community flood resilience investment across the region, with different recommendations for urban, peri-urban, and rural locations. Our evidence from case studies shows that interventions prioritized by the measurementinformed process are more likely to succeed and be sustainable and have cobenefits for community development.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ADB Economics Working Paper Series ; No. 595

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access ; Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming ; Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services; Biodiversity Conservation; Bioeconomics; Industrial Ecology
• Subject: assets and livelihoods ; decision making ; disaster ; flood ; measurement ; resilience ; wastemanagement

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Laurien, Finn ; Keating, Adriana
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• (where): Manila
• (when): 2019

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.22617/WPS190484-2
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/230349
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET