Risk identification and assessment

In his op-ed for Kantipur, Ratindra Khatri compares Kathmandu to Port-au-Prince, Haiti in addressing the shift from disaster management to disaster risk reduction and risk management, and the importance of community based disaster risk management...

'Investments on DRR such as flood control, forest management, hazard identification, mapping and assessment, research and development, preparedness and risk financing must be increased, made more effective and must show results'...

This is a report about the affected communities hit by Cyclone Thane on 29th and 30th of December 2011. The Women’s Federations and Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) went to Tamil Nadu coast to see the impact of the cyclone, discuss with affected communities and identify priorities for immediate action.

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, Vol 40, No 4, pp. 647–659:

According to research conducted with the communities in northern Canada,  changing ice conditions increase exposure to hazards associated with ice use for hunting and travel. Instrumental

Polar Record Vol 42 (221), pp. 127–138:

This paper argues that the starting point to understand how rapid climate change may affect Arctic indigenous communities is analysis of past and present experience of, and response to, climate variability and

The purpose of the EU Stress Test was to analyse the security situation of all European nuclear power plants with regard to the lessons learned of Fukushima. This report presents the results for Switzerland’s participation in the EU Stress Test with

Les exploitants ont jusqu’à fin mars 2012 pour apporter les preuves de la maîtrise d’un séisme survenant une fois tous les 10’000 ans et de la combinaison séisme – défaillance due au séisme de barrages dans la zone d’influence des centrales nucléaires...

This document shares experiences and best practices concerning the Viet Nam Red Cross Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) implementation undertaken by CECI in uplands Vietnam. The VCA was the first step in CECI's Building Community Resilience to