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Cette carte représente le nombre de départs de feux par département en région méditerranéenne, entre 1973 et 2009. En moyenne, 6,000 départs de feux surviennent en France chaque année, ce qui représente 9% des départs de feu ayant lieu en Europe chaque

Cette carte représente les zones inondables en France au 1er janvier 2010

Les corridors fluviaux constituent des territoires attractifs au sein desquels la population s’est concentrée, notamment au cours du XXe siècle. Les plus grandes communes se sont

Cette carte représente une estimation de la population et des logements exposés aux inondations.

Le Service de l’observation et des statistiques (SOeS) du ministère chargé du développement durable a développé un modèle pour estimer la population et les

Cette carte représente les communes exposées aux risques feux de forêts

Chaque année, en moyenne 6,000 départs de feu ont lieu et 25,000 hectares de forêt sont incendiés en France métropolitaine. Les trois quarts des communes françaises qui ont subi des

Vice Mayor Arquillano of San Francisco town, Camotes Islands, was selected to lead town mayors implement the '10 essentials for making cities resilient', part of the world disaster reduction campaign, signed last January but the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council in Central Visayas says they lack disaster reduction and management tools, reports The Inquirer...
Inquirer.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer
'Irrespective of climate change, we know how to reduce the number of people dying in earthquakes', writes Ilan Kelman of the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo, exploring the potential connections between earthquakes and climate change. 'It is time to look more closely at human decisions that create and perpetuate vulnerability over the long-term.'...
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org

This fact sheet explains the nuclear situation in Japan and the related terms describing the possible state of the reactors that have been used by Japanese officials and international experts. It describes: (i) the reactor building; (ii) the way fuel

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2009-11 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

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