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Republic of South Africa, 2002: Disaster Management Act, 2002. Act No. 57 of 2002. Government Printer, Pretoria, South Africa.
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Republic of South Africa, 2005: National Disaster Management Policy Framework. Government Printer, Pretoria, South Africa.
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Republic of the Philippines, 2009: Climate Change Act of 2009. Republic Act 9729, Fourteenth Congress of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.
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Republic of the Philippines, 2010: National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act. Republic Act 10121, Fourteenth Congress of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.
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Revich, B., 2008: Climate Change Impact on Public Health in the Russian Arctic. United Nations in the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, 24 pp.
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Ribeiro, M., C. Losenno, T. Dworak, E. Massey, R. Swart, M. Benzie, and C. Laaser, 2009: Design of Guidelines for the Elaboration of Regional Climate Change Adaptations Strategies. Study for the European Commission, Ecologic Institute, Vienna, Austria.
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Richardson, G.R.A., 2010: Adapting to Climate Change: An Introduction for Canadian Municipalities. Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 40 pp.
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RMS, 2009: Analyzing the Effects of the ‘my Safe Florida Home’ Program on Florida Insurance Risk. RMS Special Report, Summary of Analysis Prepared for the Florida Department of Financial Services, Risk Management Solutions, Newark, CA.
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Robledo, C., M. Kanninen, and L. Pedroni (eds.), 2005: Tropical Forests and Adaptation to Climate Change: In Search of Synergies. Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia.
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Rodier, J.A., and M. Roche, 1984: World Catalogue of Maximum Observed Floods. IAHS Pub. No. 143, IAHS Press, Wallingford, UK.
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Rodriguez-Oreggia, E., A.d.l. Fuente, R.d.l. Torre, H. Moreno, and C. Rodriguez, 2010: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Human Development and Poverty at the Municipal Level in Mexico. CID Working Paper No. 43, Center for International Development at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 34 pp.
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Rodriguez, J., F. Vos, R. Below, and D. Guha-Sapir, 2009: Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2008 –The numbers and trends. Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium, www.emdat.be/publications.
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Roer, I., W. Haeberli, and M. Avian, 2008: Observations and considerations on destabilizing active rock glaciers in the European Alps. In: Permafrost on a Warming Planet: Impacts on Ecosystems, Infrastructure and Climate [Kane, D.L. and K.M. Hinkel (eds.)]. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost at University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 29 June - 03 July 2008, Institute of Northern Engineering, pp 1505-1510.
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Roeth, H., 2009: The Development of a Public Partnership Framework and Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia. United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Rogers, D., and V. Tsirkunov, 2010: Costs and Benefits of Early Warning Systems. Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and World Bank, Geneva, Switzerland and Washington, DC.
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RoM, 2006. Council Of Ministers (March 2006) Master Plan For Prevention And Mitigation of Natural Disasters Republic of Mozambique
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RoM. 2006 Action Plan for the Reduction of Absolute Poverty, 2006-2009, Final Version Approved by the Council of Ministers on May 2, 2006, Government of Mozambique (PARPA II) (2006). Republic of Mozambique
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Roshydromet, 2005: Strategic Prediction for the Period of up to 2010—2015 of Climate Change Expected in Russia and Its Impact on Sectors of the Russian National Economy. Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet), Moscow, Russia, 24pp.
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Roshydromet, 2008: Assessment Report on Climate Change and Its Impacts on the Territory of the Russian Federation. Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet), Vol. II, Climate Change Impacts, RIHMI-WDC, Obninsk, Kaluga Region, Russia, 288 pp.
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Rossetto, T., 2007: Construction Design, Building Standards and Site Selection: Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction. ProVention Consortium, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Royal Society, 2008: Ground-Level Ozone in the 21st Century: Future Trends, Impacts and Policy Implications. RS Policy document 15/08, Royal Society, London, UK.
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Rukieh, M. and M. Koudmani, 2006: Use of Space Technology for Natural Disaster Detection and Prevention. General Organisation of Remote Sensing, Damascus, Syria, www.iemss.org/iemss2006/papers/s11/288_RUKIEH_0.pdf.
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Saab, D., E. Maldonado, R. Orendovici, L. Ngamassi, A. Gorp, K. Zhao, C. Maitland, and A. Tapia, 2008: Building global bridges: Coordination bodies for improved information sharing among humanitarian relief agencies. In: Proceedings of the 5th International ISCRAM Conference, Washington, DC, May 2008 [Fiedrich, F. and B. Van de Walle (eds.)].
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SADC, 2000: Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses. Southern African Development Community, Gabarone, Botswana.
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Sahu, S., 2009: Guidebook on Technologies for Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation. Prepared for the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology, New Delhi, India, technology4sme.net/docs/Guidebook on Technologies for Disaster Preparedness & Mitigation.pdf.