Disaster risk assessment for project preparation : a practical guide.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Asian Development Bank

Contributor:

Asian Development Bank, publisher, copyright holder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural disasters--Risk assessment.

Natural disasters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 66 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines : Asian Development Bank, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Disasters pose a significant threat to the sustainability of development investments. From 2007 to 2016, disasters triggered by natural hazards caused average daily physical losses of $133 million in the developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank alone. This practical guide provides technical advice on disaster risk assessment to facilitate the consideration of disaster risks in the design of development projects, seeking to ensure that disaster risks are properly identified and measures taken to reduce them where necessary. Disaster risk assessments can also help steer development investments to increase the disaster resilience of exposed and vulnerable communities more broadly.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

A. Rationale for ADB's Engagement in Integrated Disaster Risk Management

B. Past ADB Practice for Incorporating Disaster Risk Information in Project Design

C. Key Objectives and Use of the Practical Guide

2 Preliminary Climate Change and Disaster Risk Screening

A. Climate Change and Disaster Risk Screening in ADB

3 Disaster Risk Assessment: Overview

A. Disaster Risk

B. Disaster Risk Assessments

C. Qualitative vs. Quantitative Disaster Risk Assessments

D. Use of Disaster Risk Assessments for Decision Making

4 Designing Disaster Risk Assessment for ADB's Project Preparation Needs

A. Determining the Scope of the Disaster Risk Assessment

B. Determining the Depth and Type of Disaster Risk Assessments

C. Disaster Risk Assessment Options

D. Integrating Disaster Risk Assessment Aspects into Other Assessments

E. Policy- and Results-Based Loans

5 Addressing Disaster Risk across ADB's Key Sectors

A. Designing and Evaluating Disaster Risk Management Options

B. Case Studies of Sector-Specific Disaster Risk Management Measures

6 Disaster Risk Assessment and ADB's Business Processes

A. Project Identification and Design

B. Monitoring Disaster Risk and Disaster Risk Management

Glossary

References

Further Reading

Appendixes

1. Disaster Risk Assessment: Step-by-Step Guide

2. Spatial Data Requirements for Disaster Risk Assessment

3. Lead Disaster Risk Assessment Questions Focusing on Natural Hazards and Exposure

4. Lead Disaster Risk Assessment Questions Focusing on Community Vulnerability

5. Examples of Structural and Nonstructural Disaster Risk Management Options in ADB's Key Sectors

6. List of Sample Disaster Risk Management Indicators.

Notes:

"November 2017."

"Publication stock no. TIM178893-2"--Verso of title page.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789292610159

9292610155