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A $4.1 million project has been launched in Droongagh valley in upper Chitral to aid local communities in reducing flood risks...

'The suffering and loss experienced during the floods last year have forced planners to rethink the development strategies they have being pursuing over the past few decades. Blindly aping the West and using foreign methods to tackle Asian floods have resulted in disastrous consequences, writes Said Irandoust,' president of the Asian Institute of Technology...

'Conoscere dall’inizio di un’eruzione qual è la portata della lava emessa dalla bocca effusiva permette di avviare tutte le simulazioni previsionali che individuano le aree maggiormente a rischio. In aggiunta, colate molto voluminose possono essere seguite da fasi di collasso della zona sommitale del vulcano'...

Attraverso una specifica procedura basata su calcoli statistici, i dati sono raccolti ed elaborati in tempo reale. Grazie alla tempestività e alla numerosità delle risposte della popolazione, le mappe degli effetti dei sismi sono disponibili in breve tempo...

The call, made by various delegates attending the 126th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) being held in Kampala, was issued during an informal panel discussion on disaster risk reduction and sustainable development...

'The most effective measures tend to be those that aid sustainable development, provide a diverse portfolio of options, and represent 'low regrets' strategies in the sense that they yield benefits across a wide range of climate futures,' stated Chris Field, co-chair of IPCC's Working Group II...

Recently empowered by the Chilean Congress, local government bodies in Chile are using their increased autonomy to boost community resilience and address risk reduction.

Les chercheurs sont parvenus à démontrer que la vulnérabilité joue un rôle plus important quand le cyclone est de moyenne importance. Quand il est puissant en revanche, c’est l’exposition de la population qui détermine le taux de mortalité...