GIS and mapping

The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology will provide relevant agencies with space-based technology to mitigate disasters and environmental problems....

Published through RiskWorld.com (Nov 2001).

Various studies were carried out in the last years with the purpose of assessing natural hazard damages using remote sensing and photo interpretation techniques. Most of them analyze the case of floods or

The UNU-EHS study deals with the development and testing of different methodologies to identify and measure the pre-existing and emergent vulnerability (revealed vulnerability) of coastal communities in Sri Lanka to tsunami and coastal hazards.

Pursuant to the various decisions of CoP/CCD, relating to the institutional procedures and mechanisms to facilitate the examination of the implementation of the Convention, OSS has drafted this report on the measures it has taken to support the

This report presents the assessment of the Lake Chad Basin, which is located in one of the poorest and most drought prone regions in the World. Climatic variability and poor water governance has threatened the ecological and socio-economic integrity of

"ICT can help prevent problems from turning into disasters that impede sustainable development", said Mbika Mbika, deputy minister of communications at an International Telecommunications Union forum in Lusaka last week....

The objectives of the DITTY project are to develop scientific bases for sustainable development of Southern European lagoons taking into account all the activities that affect the aquatic environment. Five sites have been identified ranging from the Ria

The purpose of this report is to describe the methodology developed to estimate the 50-year flood discharge for areas throughout Honduras and map the extent and depth of flooding. The report provides regional data to facilitate flood-hazard mapping in