Critical infrastructure

This document presents some solutions for mitigating earthquake hazard for new school and existing buildings, with respect to the challenges faced by each category. It describes the concept of retrofitting and explains the techniques of vulnerability

This document presents general practices of safe school construction and the retrofitting of existing school buildings through typical design and drawing of schools as developed and practised in Aceh and West Sumtra Earthquake Response programmes. The

This article discusses the drivers of climate change in the HinduKush Himalayan region. It describes the geological and climatically induced hazards, such as earthquakes, heavy rainfalls, floods, glacial lake outburst floods and landslides, and their

75 per cent of critical medical facilities require seismic retrofitting in order to ensure structural safety in the event of a severe earthquake according to a new study - 'Seismic Screening of Critical Medical Facilities in Kingston' carried out by doctoral student Kevin Tankoo...

This report offers an assessment of the extent to which the EU-Budget is currently contributing to tackling the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and resource overconsumption. It considers resilience to fire and floods and other natural

This document addresses the increasing vulnerability in the Arctic Ocean, the growing stress of climate change for environment and peoples, and the further pressures created by industrial infrastructure and shipping, as well as the risks threatening them

Discussion paper number 11:

This paper is one component of a global study on the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC) in developing countries. It focuses on the main human health impacts of climate change, which include injuries and deaths

This report concentrates on the impacts of sea-level rise on coastal infrastructure, ecosystem and land in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It aims to highlight the financial implications of sea-level rise on existing and proposed infrastructure along the