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Risk identification and assessment

A qualitative or quantitative approach to determine the nature and extent of disaster risk by analysing potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of exposure and vulnerability that together could harm people, property, services, livelihoods and the environment on which they depend.

Latest Risk identification and assessment additions in the Knowledge Base

Dried river in Spain
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Europe experiences widespread flooding and severe heatwaves in 2023

Europe is no exception when it comes to the consequences of climate change. It is the fastest warming continent, with temperatures rising at around twice the global average rate.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Copernicus Climate Change Service
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Documents and publications

Assessment of pluvial flood events based on monitoring and modeling of an old urban storm drainage in the city center of Yangon, Myanmar

In this study, rainfall data and water-level variations in an open channel drain and a receiving river controlled by sluice gates were collected and evaluated in detail to investigate pluvial flooding events.
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Documents and publications

Statistical analysis of flood risk perception: a case study for Eastern Black Sea Basin, Turkey

In this study, results of a questionnaire which was used for a previous study and had been administered to participants from Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey were further investigated using statistical methods.
A woman carrying a child through the heated streets.
Update

The hidden crisis of disaster displacement and host community struggles in rural areas of Pakistan

Two years after floods submerged a third of the country, Pakistan stands at a crossroads in disaster response. The CGIAR FCM Initiative, co-led by IWMI, spearheads research on anticipatory action and address vulnerabilities in host communities.
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
African woman fetching unclean and contaminated water from a pond or stream for their daily consumption
Update

El Niño key driver of drought in highly vulnerable Southern African countries

From January 2024, large parts of Southern Africa experienced significantly below-average rainfall, as a consequence, the countries have been battling major outbreaks of cholera, other waterborne diseases, and other problems.
World Weather Attribution
Aerial view, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Research briefs

Scientists reveal hydroclimatic changes on multiple timescales in Central Asia over the past 7,800 years

A recent study published in the PNAS shows that western Central Asia has experienced a long-term drying trend over the past 7,800 years.
Chinese Academy of Sciences
A child views flood damage after Hurricane Ida in New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Unraveling the mysteries of consecutive atmospheric river events

Berkeley Lab scientists are investigating the characteristics and impacts of back-to-back atmospheric river events.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Aerial view of floods in a Chinese city, 2017
Research briefs

China’s sinking cities indicate global-scale problem, Virginia Tech researcher says

A third of China’s urban population at risk of city sinking, new satellite data shows.
Virginia Tech

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