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Flood Protection Infrastructure: The Fine Line Between Disaster Generation and Disaster Prevention

By Karen MacClune, Kanmani Venkateswaran, and Rachel Norton Photo by Harris County Flood Control District The illusion of protection...

Assessing the Effectiveness of Programs that Provide Credit for Storm-Resilient Housing

Overview and takeaway points: In 2011, the Da Nang Woman’s Union started a program to help low income families fortify their houses, so...

A Resilient Housing Credit Scheme Commenced in Dong Ha City

On March 28, 2018, stakeholders in Dong Ha City, Quang Tri Province gather at the Meeting Hall of the City Fatherland’s Front to kick...

ISET to Research Business Recovery and Resilience After Hurricane Harvey Flooding in Houston

ISET, in collaboration with the Zurich Flood Resilience Program and the American Red Cross, is conducting a post-event review (PERC) of...

ISET to be Part of Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance 2.0

I am happy to report that we have received approval from Zurich and the Z Zurich Foundation to move the Flood Resilience Alliance into...

Green Infrastructure as a Focus Area of the Can Tho City Resilience Strategy

Over the last few months, the ISET team has worked closely with Can Tho city and the Can Tho 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) team on the...

After the Last Disaster is Before the Next One: The Value of Pre- and Post-Event Learning for Disast

Authors: Kanmani Venkateswaran, Karen MacClune, Adam French ‘Unprecedented’ events and ‘unexpected’ impacts are commonly to blame after...

Technical Handbooks on Design, Construction and Renovation of Typhoon-Resilient Low-Income Housing

Following several trainings at different districts in Da Nang city, the series of Technical Handbook on Design, Construction and...

Green Infrastructure: A Multi-Purpose Solution for Cities

Translated from article on: Sai Gon Times Online Investing in urban green infrastructure is a growing trend in many of the world’s...

WEAP Modelling for Understanding River Basin Dynamics

Above: Overview of the Vu Gia – Thu Bon river basin (from WEAP model) There a many facets to the existing problems facing Da Nang city...

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Strengthening locally-led adaptation and resilience programs: Takeaways from Gobeshona 2024

What we learned from Hurricane Ida

Storm-Proof Housing for the Urban Poor – Lessons from Da Nang, Vietnam

What aren’t we learning from our un-natural disasters?

Hurricane Dorian: Harbinger of the new normal

Cyclone Fani: Building disaster resilience one step at a time

Release Workshop of Can Tho Resilience Strategy until 2030 (Kèm bản dịch Tiếng Việt)

Toàn cảnh về dự án nhân rộng mô hình nhà chống bão tại Quảng Trị, miền Trung Việt Nam

Synthesizing the Project on Scaling-up the Model of Climate-Resilient Housing in Quang Tri Province,

Trans-Boundary River Basin Management in Central Vietnam