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'Although extreme natural hazard events such as hurricanes, storms, droughts and climate change effects such as sea-level rise may affect an entire country, in the final analysis, all disasters are local phenomena. This means that disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation must, by definition, be a fundamentally local affair', Leslie Walling, of the CDB said...

As storms intensify and trigger catastrophic floods in the Philippine capital, the government is under pressure to improve drainage infrastructure and clear the waterways of informal dwellings and garbage, but it cannot do so without ousting impoverished families from their makeshift homes by the city’s rivers...

Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Daw Myat Myat Ohn Khin said the school 'can reduce the damage caused by disasters by teaching a curriculum of preventative measures'. She added that it was designed to help students prepare their communities for future disasters...

Researchers at the University of California, United States, have developed a model using satellite data on rainfall, topographical features of slopes, and land cover — and by testing the model on a dataset of previous landslides say it predicts these historical events reliably and could be the basis of a real-time, global landslide prediction system...

A new series of pilot projects in Northern Kenya will place greater decision-making powers about climate change adaptation into the hands of community members – a move backers hope will create sustainable solutions for area farmers and pastoralists...

A landmark study says that regional organizations involved in disaster risk management in the Pacific will have to demonstrate excellence in technical assistance and be aligned to international financial flows to remain relevant.

نفذ مركز التخطيط الحضري والحد من مخاطر الكوارث/ وحدة علوم الأرض وهندسة الزلازل، في جامعة النجاح الوطنية ونقابة المهندسين، بالتعاون مع المركز الأوروبي لهندسة الزلازل (EUCENTRE)، وجامعة IUSS في بافيا- ايطاليا، ضمن برنامج مشاريع FP7 الأوروبية وضمن فعاليات مشروع تخفيف مخاطر الزلازل في فلسطين (SASPARM Project) دورة في مجال "تصميم المنشآت لمقاومة الزلازل"،

عقدت لجنة تطبيق كود الانبية المقاومة للزلازل اجتماعا موسعا في مقر نقابة المهندسين في مدينة رام الله بمجمع النقابات المهنية في مدينة البيرة لمناقشة انجازاتها وبرامجها المستقبلية...