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The goal is to generate knowledge and a synthesis framework to transform development into a tool for risk reduction, while monitoring the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002549#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Development is frequently a primary driver of disaster risk globally, often acting as a \"root cause of disaster risk, rather than a means to reduce it.\"","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002549#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The initiative identifies three critical gaps in current disaster risk reduction (DRR): a lack of understanding regarding the complexity of vulnerability creation, a failure to apply knowledge at the appropriate scale for fundamental change, and an over-fixation on \"reducing\" risk instead of analyzing the trade-offs in decision-making.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002549#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The initiative highlights two specific risk patterns: the \"pace-mismatch,\" where risk governance capacities cannot keep up with the increasing exposure caused by economic growth, and the \"vulnerability-resilience paradox,\" where short-term vulnerability to normal hazards is reduced while long-term resilience to extreme events is eroded.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002549#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In the Asia-Pacific region, the number of people exposed to annual flooding more than doubled between 1970 and 2010, increasing from 30 million to 64 million.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002549#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The initiative seeks to develop the concept of \"equitable social-ecological resilience,\" recognizing that resilience-building actions often involve trade-offs where some individuals gain more than others, meaning resilience alone does not guarantee equitable development.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002549#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The initiative aims to investigate adaptive governance to secure the integration of disaster risk and development, noting that while adaptive governance is well-theorized for natural resource management, there has been \"little progress\" in applying it to the integration of DRR and development.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002549#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["disaster risk reduction","climate change","climate change vulnerability","climate resilience","sustainable development","Sustainable Development Goals","climate change adaptation","environmental governance","social equity"],"geography_discussed":["Asia-Pacific","Philippines","Nepal","Thailand","United States","Spain","Haiti","Afghanistan"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["framework development","policy analysis","literature synthesis"]}]}