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Compendium of good practice on post disaster recovery in the Latin America and Caribbean Region
Documents and publications
2020

Compendium of good practice on post disaster recovery in the Latin America and Caribbean Region

The present systematization carried out by the UNDP compiles Good Practices in Post-disaster Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean in order to spread and highlight the work and recovery processes taking place in different countries of the region.
United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
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Documents and publications
2021

Análisis estadístico de simulaciones numéricas de dispersión y caída de ceniza del volcán Cayambe para la determinación de afectación en el sector florícola, Cantón Cayambe, Ecuador

This paper performs a statistical analysis of numerical simulations of dispersion and ash fall from the Cayambe volcano.
Revista Cartográfica
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Education the way forward for Guayaquil, Ecuador

With support from UNDRR's "Making cities sustainable and resilient" project, Guayaquil has developed a DRR plan that has spurred improvements in data collection, equipment and coordination, among others.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Documents and publications
2021

Climate risk country profile: Ecuador

This paper assesses a climate risk country profile for Ecuador. With its wide range of climate zones, Ecuador has an extraordinary array of geographical systems, which range from high altitude glaciers to tropical rain forests to dry tropical forest.
World Bank, the
Cover and title of publication
Documents and publications
2021

VALE flood risk assessment for Ecuador

This study explores the different dimensions of flood risk, namely hazard, exposure, and vulnerability, and investigated the drivers of risk in Ecuador’s three main different ecological regions and territories commonly affected by flooding.
United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security
Documents and publications
2021

Augmenting the spatial resolution of climate-change temperature projections for city planners and local decision makers

With the forecast of 6.3 billion persons living in urban areas by 2050, it is expected that problems associated with the use of natural resources and the negative externalities of anthropogenic activity will become increasingly relevant. From the point of

Environmental Research Letters (IOP)
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In Ecuador, an innovative financing tool secures water supplies

Climate change, deforestation, diminish the ability of cloud forests, grasslands to supply clean water. Ecuador is trying an innovative approach: water funds.
United Nations Environment Programme
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A cinco años del terremoto, Ecuador sigue trabajando en su resiliencia frente a desastres

En cuanto a la Reducción de Riesgos de Desastres, el Gobierno de Ecuador se propuso desarrollar un Plan Nacional “PrevieneEc”.
World Bank, the
Policies and plans
2021

Estrategia de gestión financiera ante el riesgo de desastres para Ecuador

Con la variedad y frecuencia de desastres que enfrenta el Ecuador, se han identificado los diferentes niveles de pérdidas a cubrir, las necesidades por atender en las etapas posdesastre y las fuentes de financiamiento. Considerando lo anterior, a través

World Bank, the Ecuador - government Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the
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Ecuador’s innovative disaster risk financing strategy, an essential tool for responding to disaster risks and climate change

The Government of Ecuador developed a Disaster Risk Financing Strategy, launched in March 2021.
World Bank, the