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Ready2Respond: A Framework for Emergency Preparedness and Response
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Highlights: UR2018 in Mexico City
For five days in May 2018, UR2018 brought together members of the Understanding Risk community.
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Understanding Risk - Proceedings from the 2010 UR Forum
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Proceedings from the 2012 UR Forum
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E-Learning: Understanding Risk
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Housing policies for the new paradigm: Lessons learned from World Bank disaster recovery projects (1980–2024)
A comprehensive review of the World Bank's disaster recovery projects from fiscal 1980 to 2024
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Resilient housing joins the machine learning revolution
It’s time to start systematically harnessing the power of machine learning in housing projects.
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Identifying Success Factors in Crowdsourced Geographic Information Use in Government
Using a case study approach to understand the success of crowdsourced geographic data
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