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Displaying 10 of about 10 resultsGravitational natural hazards such as snow avalanches, rockfalls, shallow landslides and volcanic activity represent a risk to mountain communities around the world. In particular, where documentary records about these processes are rare, decisions on risk management and land-use planning have to be based on a variety of other sources including vegetati…
Cette carte représente la densité de population dans les communes exposées aux risques majeurs.
Les risques majeurs font référence à des événements ponctuels de faible probabilité mais dont la réalisation donne lieu à de très graves conséquences: nombreuses victimes, dommages importants aux biens et à l’environnement. Etant donné que le risque résulte…
This guide contains awareness and action messages intended to help people reduce their risk of injury or loss in the event of natural and human-caused disasters. Awareness messages provide general information about the threats presented by each type of disaster.
The purpose of this guide is to assist those who provide disaster safety information to the…
This volume shows that Austrian mountain research is taking up the challenge of global change for mountain regions. One of the specific themes includes: living in the mountains is living with risk. Natural hazards such as earthquakes, mass movements, avalanches or floods endanger humans and infrastructures as do globalization processes. Johann Stötter a…
This book offers comprehensive yet succinct guidance on the preparation, assessment, and management of a full range of disasters, both natural and man-made. More than 200 contributors carefully outline the basics of disaster management and provide guidance on more than 100 specific disaster situations. Part 1 offers an A to Z source for information on e…
This book covers 6 main themes (language; maths; science, health and environment; social studies; art; sport). In the third theme, only one tenth is devoted to hazard analysis, emergencies, preventive measures, and risk reduction.
Canadian assessment of natural hazards project, ICLR research paper series – number 48:
This document aims to inform people about the risks they face, some of the ways to adapt to them and actions that can be taken to reduce vulnerability to them. It is intended for Canadians—political leaders and bureaucrats, business leaders and the public—to better…
PWS-22; WMO/TD No. 1560:
This document provides guidelines on international collaboration in the warning process for severe weather threats and extreme conditions (heat wave, cold wave, drought, storm surge, avalanches, flooding.) It discusses general principles regarding cross-border exchange of warnings, and includes the role of the media in raising…
Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is an increasingly popular and tested strategy among governments looking for the best ways to help their people adapt to the challenges of climate change. The Ecosystems Protecting Infrastructure and Communities (EPIC) project in Chile promoted ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) and EbA approaches, researc…
The National Risk Index (The Index) is an online tool to help illustrate the nation's communities most at risk of natural hazards. It is made possible through a collaboration between FEMA and dozens of partners in academia; local, state and federal government; and private industry.
The Index leverages best available source data to provide a holistic vi…