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Risk Identification & Assessment
A structured analytical process designed to determine the nature and extent of risk by analyzing potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of vulnerability that together could potentially harm exposed people, property, services, livelihoods and the environment on which they depend.
IAEA calls for tougher anti-disaster plan in Japan
31 Jan 2012, WSJ
IAEA issued a report calling for the Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency （NISA） to 'ensure that in the Secondary Assessment the provisions for mitigation of severe accidents should be addressed more comprehensively'...
Extracts of progress reports by progress indicator on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
- Indicator 2.1 [PDF, 116Kb]National and local risk assessments based on hazard data and vulnerability information are available and include risk assessments for key sectors
- Indicator 2.2 [PDF, 109Kb]Systems are in place to monitor, archive and disseminate data on key hazards and vulnerabilities
- Indicator 2.4 [PDF, 104Kb]National and local risk assessments take account of regional / trans boundary risks, with a view to regional cooperation on risk reduction
- E-learning course on safe and resilient cities06-29 Feb 2012, United States of America (Washington D.C.)
- The 4th international symposium on hydraulic structures (4th IAHR)09-11 Feb 2012, Portugal (Porto)
- Georisque 2012: Risques naturels sur les littoraux14-15 Feb 2012, Morocco (El Jadida)
- Postgraduate courses on 'Building resilience to climate change'UN-CECAR, Japan (Tokyo)
- Alpine Naturgefahren / Wildbach- und LawinenverbauungBOKU, Vienna
- MSc Geophysical hazardsUCL, United Kingdom (London)
Disaster preparedness planning toolkit2010, Y CARE
Action for the rights of children - resource pack2010, ARC
Flash flood risk management: a training of trainers manual2012, ICIMOD
Central and Eastern United States seismic source characterization for nuclear facilities: technical report2012, EPRI; NRC, United States of America - gov; DOE, United States of America - gov
- New Swiss nuclear plants on hold as earthquake risks examined2011, WRS
- Weather hastened Haiti quake - experts2011, AlertNet
- ARkStorm scenario2011, USGS, United States of America - gov
- Disaster reduction and recovery specialist, P3Niger (Niamey), BCPR-UNDP
- Director, programme qualityAfghanistan (Kabul / Roving), Afghanaid
External Online Resources
- Adaptation atlas
- Aviation-weather disaster risk reduction
- ClimatePrep: adaptation stories, lessons, and explorations (WWF)
- Corporación (OSSO)
- Desinventar: Inventory system of the effects of disasters
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- FAO and emergencies, from prevention to building back better
- FLOODsite: Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies
- France: Portail DICRIM - Document d'Information Communal sur les RIsques Majeurs (in French)
- Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)
- Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
- Humanitarian early warning system (HEWS): HEWSweb
- IMCORE: initiatives to manage coastal risks linked to climate change
- IRI: Climate Predictability Tool (CPT)
- IRI: Climate risk knowledge for water
- ProVention Consortium: community risk assessment toolkit
- ProVention Consortium: risk analysis & application
- Quake loss assessment for rescue and mitigation (QLARM)
- Sharing knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Himalayan region
- The gender and disaster sourcebook
- UN-HABITAT: disaster assessment portal
- Weatherathome
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