August - 2014

Resilience: Boulder and the Global Context

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ISET-International August 2014 Newsletter is Available Now!

View the full text at this link to read about our newly published report, “Urban Vulnerability in Southeast Asia”, an update on our project, Mekong—Building Climate Resilience in Asian Cities (M-BRACE). Links to related publications are also included!

Building Climate Resilience: Results from a Hydrology and Urban Development Simulation Model (KÈM BẢ

Da Nang’s Climate Change Coordination Office, together with the assistance of the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-International, recently completed a hydrology and urban development simulation model project in the city of Da Nang. The USD$ 224,448 project, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation aimed to: Develop and support a database on Da Nang’s socioeconomic development to assist the management of urban development, climate change and sea level rise; Devel

Groundbreaking Ceremony of Biological River Embankment at Cai Son Riverbank, Can Tho City (KÈM BẢN D

(CCCO Can Tho) On the morning of August 1, 2014 at An Binh Ward, Can Tho City, the Climate Change Coordination Office of Can Tho City (CCCO Can Tho) and People’s Committee of An Binh Ward organized a groundbreaking ceremony of the construction of biological river embankments along Cai Son riverbank of An Binh ward, Can Tho city. Mr. Huynh Ha Nhi, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of An Binh Ward said that the river erosion situation in the region has worsened in recent

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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

The Need for Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Urban Planning and Development - Case Studie

ISET Senior Scientist to Become New National Programme Officer of SECO

ISET Researchers to Conduct a Post Event Resilience Assessment of Hurricane Florence

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