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In order to prepare residents, test out functions of equipment and ensure the highest level of safety of the coastal population, the Thai government will be conducting a full scale tsunami warning and evacuation exercise in six Andaman coastal provinces...

Selon Radio Canada, une étude révèle que si un séisme d'importance survient dans la région de Charlevoix, les hôpitaux de La Malbaie et de Baie-Saint-Paul risquent fort d'être endommagés. Le deuxième risque même de s'effondrer...

The site provides transparency about the origin, amount, and use of funds going to developing countries to support action to fight climate change. The organizers hope that the website will provide as much transparency as possible about climate finance before the climate COP in Cancun in late November...

Hurricane Katrina, the fires in Southern California and the devastation caused by earthquakes in Samoa, Chile and Haiti have prompted industry experts, led by structural engineers, to focus on improving the safety and structural integrity of buildings in disaster-prone areas, reports Construction Digital...

'The Sinabung eruption should serve as a wake-up call for authorities to step up the monitoring of volcanoes around the islands' said Wahyu Triyoso, a geophysicist at Indonesia's Bandung Institute of Technology.

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the state of the world’s freshwater resources, and shows how changes in water demand and supply are affected by and affect other global dynamics. It considers water as a cross-cutting issue with poverty

This publication examines the climate change impact, vulnerability and adaptation capacity of a small coastal city in the Philippines, Sorsogon City located in the Bicol Region. It uses a participatory vulnerability and adaptation process that looks into

International Water Power & Dam Construction, August 2010:

This position paper sets out recommendations and guidelines for building dams and appurtenant structures that can withstand the effects of strong tremors. It also calls for effort to be made to