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New research suggests that few people, if any, should be asked to leave their homes after a big nuclear accident, which is what happened in March 2011 following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The study calls for decision makers to first consider remediation rather than relocation.
Human-made earthquakes in Oklahoma, USA, are strongly linked to the depth at which wastewater from the oil and gas industry are injected into the ground, according to a new study led by the University of Bristol. The human-made, or induced, earthquakes pose an increased risk to critical infrastructure such as a major commercial oil storage facility at Cushing, making them a national security threat.
Based on existing information relating to volcanic fatalities, scientists have been able to classify victims by activity or occupation and look at the distance of their death from the volcano. Identifying groups of victims can be used to improve safety and reduce deaths and injuries in the future.
A new study shows that building dikes to reduce flood damage has long-term economic benefits. Globally, it will be possible to reduce the economic damage from river floods to below today's levels. The study could help identify regions where it would be efficient to invest in flood protection, while highlighting regions where other adaptation methods are needed.
A new interdisciplinary project, Building Bhutanese Resilience Against Cataclysmic Events (BRACE), led by researchers at the University of Bristol aims to develop resilience and research capacity in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan to cope with earthquakes and their cascading effects on the country's environment, business, infrastructure, and society.
Characterising flood behaviour for any river in the world is now becoming a possibility, according to new research from the University of Bristol. The study, which deals with the difficulty of estimating flooding risk in data-poor areas, finds that it is now possible to make accurate predictions using only remotely sensed data...
The school will provide advanced training in risk and uncertainty in natural hazards from the Cabot Institute's leading academics plus some special guest lecturers.
Programme
The Bristol-Oxford Nuclear Research Centre and the UK Project on Nuclear Issues are convening a two-day conference to demonstrate, explore, and enhance the important relationships between nuclear stakeholders in the policy and technology arenas.
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.