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Displaying 75 of about 162 resultsThis issue is dedicated to different dimensions of building resilience in floods. This May - June 2022 issue brings different articles, relevant news, viewpoints and studies, and information about recent books around its central theme. The objective of Know Disasters Magazine is to make disasters everyone's business.
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… in cases. Changes made to PHEP systems during the first wave of COVID-19 to address problems that emerged in real … on a preliminary review of issues raised during the first wave of the pandemic in Europe, the following areas were … different regions as capacity developed. During the first wave, due to overwhelmed public health systems and great …
… that generates tsunamis will enable us to estimate the wave height and area to be impacted by tsunamis that may be … of mankind. “All the natural barriers that acted as wave breakers, such as mangrove forests, coral reefs and sand … Ryabinin concluded with a quote from the movie called The Wave: “It has happened before. It will happen again.” …
… Pressing Case of Oxygen Shortage from India During the 2nd wave of the pandemic in India, during April and May, 2021, … In March 2021, however, India was hit by its “second wave”, leading to a situation where individuals had to … Courts of Bombay and Delhi, two cities where the second wave was particularly virulent. The High Court of Delhi held …
… decades are demonstrative of the impact sea level rise, wave action, and coastal flooding has had on the atoll … atolls in the Marshall Islands can expect to be hit by wave-driven floods, with high probability of making … mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding. Science Advances, Vol 4, No. 4. The …
… to flooding, landslides, drought, earthquakes, tsunamis, heat waves, forest fires, and epidemics. Thailand is also … flooding, landslides, droughts, earthquakes, tsunamis, heat waves, forest fires, and epidemics. Figure 3: GAIN … further maintenance and upkeep to stay operational.112 Heat waves Thailand regularly experiences high maximum …
… in- cluding through mitigation of storm surge and wave energy, erosion reduction, sed- iment capture, food … marsh restoration paired with dykes, which combine the wave attenuation and flood control properties of natural … habitat for marine life while providing a buf- fer against wave damage, flooding and erosion. Conceived as part of the …
INFORM partners believe that the availability of shared analysis of crises and disasters can lead to better coordination of actors and better outcomes for at-risk and affected people. Specifically, INFORM creates a space and process for shared analysis that can support joint strategy development, planning and action to prevent, prepare for, respond to a…
… deaths during the five periods with the most extreme heat [1]. Rail companies introduced speed restrictions and … spatial planning and building codes, but for others – heat, cold and storms – exposure and vulnerability can really … Fig. 1. See arnell et al. [43] For details and references Heat-health alerts Number of events triggering National …
… of COVID-19 in a specific period in time during the 1st wave (the journey of the old city from a zone of concern due … of this happened through crowd- sourcing during the 2nd wave of COVID-19). This is particularly important – for long …
… the COVID-19 pandemic suggests otherwise. During the first wave of COVID-19, for example, there was no clear evidence … disaster risk governance frame- work. During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNDRR’s Secretary-General, …
… when the south-western parts of the country saw the first wave of invasion in June. An area of around 5,500 square kilometer was affected. The second wave came in August to affect an area of 17,000 square …
… Data Day and Open Government Week. A new vision. A new wave? The new vision of open government in Catalonia is for … three events offer us a context overview of the current wave of digitalisation and can guide us in grasping how … their use, reflected in what can be called a “deliberative wave” that has been building since the 1980s, and gaining …
… is also clear that the effects of climate change, such as heat waves, desertification and other extreme meteorological … even adds to the longer risky season and to the prolonged heat and drought phenomena a bigger and faster accumulation … of weather conditions leading to major fires, with extreme heat events and long droughts, is likely to occur. A strong …
… strengthen cross- sectoral cooperation. During the Delta wave in Myanmar in mid-2021, the Singapore Red Cross sent …