Risk identification and assessment

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.

The Sumatra Earthquake of December 26, 2004, and the tsunamis that it generated, were events of unprecedented magnitude. Because of the number of populated areas that were exposed to the disaster, the immediate and long term effects of the tsunamis are

This expert meeting was organized by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Environment Agency and hosted by the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic to exchange information and develop recommendations on public health and environmental

This report is the Environment Agency's first look at prospects for water resources in England and Wales in 2007.

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

This document was written to provide guidance for the Department of Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response (CSR), the Department of Protection of the Human Environment (PHE) and the Roll Back Malaria Department (RBM) on the potential of early

This report analyses disaster risks for South Eastern Europe at both the country and sub-regional levels, emphasizing transboundary disaster risks and their effects. Risk assessments for all the member countries have been prepared, and country-level and

The Climate Resilient Cities Primer is a tool to conduct assessments of climate change-related disaster risk in order to develop strategies to reduce the urban centres' vulnerability to extreme weather events....