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Displaying 15 of about 388 resultsBenthic foraminifera from the South China Sea were studied to assess mass mortality and to monitor the composition and recovery of the benthic communities following the 1991 Mt Pinatubo ashfall. Surface distribution data from monitoring stations in the eastern South China Sea that were occupied during four cruises between spring 1994 and summer 1998 dis…
The June 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, was the second largest of the 20th century, emplacing 5--6 km 3 of pyroclastic-flow material and creating record high sediment yields on rivers draining the volcano. This thesis explores landscape response to and recovery from sediment loading in the 1991 eruption from the drainage basin scale to mo…
This policy document presents Zaire’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as earthquake, volcano, landslide, flood and drought, and discusses institutional and legal framework for disaster management in the country. It provides comprehensive overview of the structure, functions and activities of the Programme national de prévention et d’assistance…
A declaration by the Mayors and Local Government representatives together with National Government Officials emphasizing the importance of reducing disaster risk in Arab cities, in which the participants of the First Arab conference for disaster risk reduction recognize the vulnerability Arab cities and towns to disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes,…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Panama during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s recent experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as earthquake, tsunami, volcano, flood, tornado, landslide and forest fire, also pres…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Japan during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as earthquake, volcano, cyclone and flood, also presents national institutional and legal fra…
El Atlas de riesgo de Colombia ha sido elaborado por la Unidad Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres, entidad líder en el país en la temática de gestión del riesgo, e INGENIAR: Risk Intelligence. Este producto surge ante la necesidad de avanzar en el conocimiento del riesgo a nivel nacional y regional, teniendo en cuenta que la misión de la entida…
El Volcán de Fuego se localiza al sur de la República de Guatemala entre los departamentos de Chimaltenango, Sacatepéquez y Escuintla, a una distancia aproximada de 45 kilómetros de la ciudad de Guatemala en dirección oeste.
La erupción ocurrida el 3 de junio de 2018 fue la segunda registrada en este año (la primera se desarrolló entre el 31 de…
This document provides a review of disaster deaths, economic losses, human impacts and the worst affected countries in 2018. There were 315 climate-related and geophysical disaster events recorded in the EM-DAT (International Disaster Database) with 11,804 deaths, and over 68 million people affected across the world. Globally, Indonesia recorded nearly…
To create an enabling environment for dialogue on risk financing strategies and to further the understanding of disaster risk, national risk profiles have been developed for eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The risk profiles provide visual information and data on the hazards, exposure, and risk for multiple hazards in each country. The profiles pr…
Convincing individuals to embark on activities that would reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards is difficult, especially in communities that have not recently experienced the impact of natural hazards. This research investigated risk knowledge and interpretation in the South African community in Auckland.
The research confirmed the subjectivity…
In this study, the authors compared several climate model simulations and found that El Niño appeared in the year following a volcanic eruption in most models, with a significant drop in precipitation around the global monsoon region. In particular, the strength of El Niño was different for each simulation, and the stronger the El Niño, the more pronoun…
This guidebook gives disaster preparedness tips, considering four key hazards in Indonesia: earthquake, tsunami, flood and volcanic eruptions.
This map estimates the risk areas for a number of volcanic hazards, including flying rocks and gases from eruptive vents, lahar and dangerous flows, ash and rain, for the island of Ambae in Vanuatu. It also provides a list of recommended actions for each risk in the event of an eruption.
Hazard and risk maps are tools for both mitigating against risk and informing and preparing the general public. Recent studies have highlighted that volcanic hazard and risk maps used during emergencies can be difficult to interpret. This research focuses on evaluating and improving the efficacy of currently available maps of Stromboli volcano on Stromb…