Critical infrastructure

This outline of the IDRC Davos 2010 conference outcomes, with its motto “Risks, Disasters, Crisis and Global Change – From Threats to Sustainable Opportunities”, marks the conference as another milestone toward the integration of the ever more complex and

Zubair Murshed, UNDP disaster risk reduction advisor to Pakistan, 2006-2009, answers questions, further to what has been called by the United Nations, as the biggest disaster to ever face the country...

Among made from the US$240 million available to Haiti to date, more than 200,000 buildings have been assessed for structural damage, and around 90,000 cubic meters of trash and debris were removed from key drainage canals in Port-au-Prince, reducing flood risk for temporary camps in the capital...

Cleophas Tsokodayi reports for the Examiner on the latest pledge to the 'One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign' by Indonesia, aiming to ensure the safety of more than 3,000 schools and 100 hospitals...

'Extreme weather like sudden rain storms and high temperatures will become more frequent in the city, which is improving its drainage network and a public extreme weather warning system' said Teng Wuxiao, a member of Shanghai Disaster Defense Association's expert commission...

Israeli research teams with Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania to create a reliable early warning system for railways in order to prevent accidents caused by avalanches, earthquakes and even terrorists...

Financed jointly by WB and GFDRR, UNOPS delivered a project aimed at gathering structural information to enable Haiti's reconstruction planning and displaced people to return to their homes, with priority given to schools and homes in areas with the most crowded makeshift camps...

An inter-agency panel will be formed to review anti-flood mechanisms in flood-prone areas. The panel will set up measures to improve the drainage system, using sensors to detect the water level and an SMS-alert system...