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Displaying 15 of about 104 resultsThis study analyses international financial flows to nine countries for the 18 months after recent crises—drought, flood, cyclone, earthquake, and epidemic. It complements the Centre’s analysis of funding flows to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring similarities and differences for funding flows for natural hazards. International funding of…
The research aim of this study is to identify socio-demographic groups vulnerable to floods and whether the groups vulnerable to floods and pandemics overlap or are disjoint. Several European countries were affected by severe floods in 2021. At the same time, despite the deployment of vaccines, Europe was the COVID-19 pandemic's epicenter several times…
Low and middle-income countries are bearing an increasing financial burden from the impacts of disasters as both the frequency and intensity of disaster events are rising. Despite the increasing availability of disaster data, many countries lack the capability to process, refine, and act upon this data. To address this challenge, the disaster risk finan…
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a serious risk for flood vulnerable communities in Nepal as the monsoon season begins in earnest while coronavirus cases are increasing and the Nepalese economy is struggling with lockdown and reduction in remittances from those working abroad.
To enable action to reduce the risks facing communities Mercy Corp…
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) has developed a new streamlined business continuity program for small businesses that may not have the time or resources to create an extensive plan to recover from business interruptions. IBHS is a leading national expert on preparing for, and repairing, rebuilding, and recovering from catas…
This document, a product of unique collaboration between the meteorological and public health communities, provides sound scientific information on the connections between weather and climate and major health challenges. These range from diseases of poverty to disease outbreaks and emergencies caused by weather-, climate- and water-related hazards, most…
This report's purpose is to provide an overview of the hazard risks facing the nation, identify the common links between technological and natural hazard risk reduction, review the U.S. Government’s current efforts to increase the nation’s disaster resiliency through research and implementation of new tools and technologies, and identify issues and oppo…
This National Disaster Risk Management Plan (NDRMP) aims to further develop the disaster risk reduction framework developed as espoused by the National Disaster Management Policy (2012). The 120-page document has six parts presenting both theoretical and practical core concepts that can be applied to Rwandan realities.
The plan was prepared by the Mini…
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Le plan ORSEC est un plan cadre gouvernemental, permettant d’organiser la réponse en cas de catastrophe de grande ampleur qui dépasse les moyens habituellement misent en place pour y répondre. Il permet d’appuyer le leadership du gouvernement sur l’organisation de cette réponse en clarifiant les rôles et responsabilités de chacun mais auss…
This brief describes the complex challenges faced by South Asian countries and outlines key priorities for governments to rebuild better from the current pandemic crisis. Countries in South Asia, before COVID-19, were already battling critical socioeconomic vulnerabilities and a deluge of extreme weather events brought about by a changing climate.…
Data from the EM-Dat database shows the country has endured various natural hazards, including droughts, epidemic diseases, floods, and storms over the past century. From 1900 to 2017, events captured in the database for Zimbabwe include 7 drought events, 22 epidemic episodes, 12 floods, and 5 storms, which resulted in total deaths of 7000 people, with…
This is the second edition of the National Risk Profile. The publication comprises 13 incident types, which potentially can lead to major accidents and disasters in Denmark.
The new edition of National Risk Profile builds on the subject areas of the previous version and complements them with the latest developments and assessments. As a novelty, the pu…
This compilation of poems and slogans written in Hindi and English by high school students provides strong message on the importance of protecting the environment in order to reduce the risk of disasters and achieve sustainable development. Its aim is to raise public awareness about disaster risks related to natural hazards, such as earthquake, flood, d…
The COVID‐19 pandemic conforms to key baseline conclusions which have emerged from disaster anthropology over past decades. First, that natural disasters rarely exist, because disasters are social, arising from a combination of hazard and vulnerability, with vulnerability as the causative factor. Second, that the disaster occurs at multiple levels simul…
This issue brief provides an overview of the health impacts of climate change in the U.S. state of Virginia. The brief includes a discussion of heat, coastal flooding, water- and food-borne illnesses, air quality, and vector-borne diseases.
Climate change is altering seasonal patterns, making our summers hotter, and fueling increased flooding…