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Building Resilience: Addressing the Economic, Social, and Environmental Impacts of Natural Disasters in a Changing Climate
Abstract
With global climate changes, natural disasters occur more often, increase in severity and unpredictability, and represent an unprecedented challenge to global societies. In this chapter, we analyze different types of natural disasters, like earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and wildfires and their indisputable economic, social and environmental impacts. It looks at ways in which climate change is a primary cause behind the worsening of weather patterns and the rising vulnerability of urban and rural communities to these disasters. In addition, this chapter examines global initiatives to boost disaster resilience by reviewing climate adaptation strategies, policy frameworks, technological innovation, and a multi stakeholder approach involving governments, NGOs, private sector actors, and local communities. Case studies of countries like Japan, Bangladesh and the Caribbean show how successful resilience initiatives can heavily dampen the impact of natural calamities on societies.
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