Natural Hazard Data: A Practical Guide
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Natural Hazard Data - Asian Development Bank
NATURAL HAZARD DATA
A Practical Guide
NOVEMBER 2017
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Acknowledgments
This practical guide was prepared under the regional technical assistance project Development of Guidance Materials and Screening Tools for Incorporating Disaster Risk Concerns in Country Partnership Strategy and Project Preparation (TA 8752-REG) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The project was implemented under the overall guidance of Charlotte Benson, principal disaster risk management specialist, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC). This document was prepared by Robert Soden (consultant).
The document benefited significantly from comments received from the following ADB staff: Rexel Abrigo, climate change officer (Climate Change Adaptation), SDCC; Mary Jane David, senior public management officer (Disaster Risk Management), SDCC; Erik Kjaergaard, disaster risk management specialist, South Asia Department; Cinzia Losenno, former senior climate change specialist (Climate Change Adaptation), SDCC; Anil Pokhrel, former disaster risk management specialist, SDCC; Nathan Rive, climate change specialist, Central and West Asia Department; Bhuneshwar Prasad Sah, infrastructure specialist (GIS), SDCC; Yasmin Siddiqi, principal water resources specialist, SDCC; Arghya Sinha Roy, senior disaster risk management specialist, SDCC; Binsar Tambunan, former lead portfolio management specialist/project administration unit head, Central and West Asia Department; Hanna Uusimaa, climate change specialist, Pacific Department;