Risk identification and assessment

Risk identification and assessment

Risk identification and assessment

Latest Risk identification and assessment additions in the Knowledge Base

Flooded street and house in Eastern South Africa
Researchers examine the main environmental short and long-term considerations, both to help inform the humanitarian response and later recovery in Libya. They also reflect on how years of conflict and insecurity in Libya contributed to the disaster.
Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS)
A farmer overlooking his dried up field.
Regarding the U.S. Southwest drought, a new study reveals that in the best-case scenario, conditions could ease a bit in coming years, but with climate change, will never return to their pre-2000 state.
Columbia Climate School
A motorcyclist drives through an inundated street during a rainy day in Hong Kong
A new study led by Prof. Zhihong Jiang at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology and Prof. Laurent Li at Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, CNRS has been published in Science China Earth Sciences.
PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd
The first use cases of drones and airplanes to collect high-resolution imagery helped the EU respond to emergencies and track disaster recovery with unparalleled accuracy. The potential to support disaster management looks promising.
European Commission Joint Research Centre
AT&T has models identifying locations at risk of flooding, drought, and wildfires 30 years into the future, to help identify areas to safely place cell towers and harden existing infrastructure. This also gives communities access to climate projections.
Fortune
Storm surge affecting a coastal city
Salt corrodes buildings. Earthquakes shake them. What happens when an earthquake hits a building already damaged by saltwater?
University at Buffalo
Wildfire in Stanislaus National Forest, California, 2013
A study by UC Irvine researchers has investigated wildfire fuels in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, showing which kinds of plant debris contribute most to fires. The work could help improve California’s wildfire management efforts.
University of California, Irvine
The September 2023 earthquake in Morocco was similar to one that shook Fairbanks, Alaska in 1947. The main difference between the damage caused in two events lies in how Faibanks' homes are built and its widespread, distributed population.
University of Alaska Fairbanks