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Displaying 15 of about 115 resultsWorking together in Europe and the Mediterranean for the prevention of disasters, preparedness and response:
The objective of this plan is to provide a political and technical instrument containing priorities and guidelines for the action of the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) for the next five years, improving its effectiv…
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Premier volet de la stratégie du Conseil fédéral, version provisoire:
Cette stratégie fixe le cadre d’une démarche coordonnée au niveau fédéral pour l’adaptation aux changements climatiques. Elle doit permettre à la Suisse d’exploiter les opportunités offertes par les changements climatiques et de minimiser les risques qu’ils induisent, to…
The intention of this map is to give a quick overview for decision makers on national or regional level about the risk exposure of the road network to ‘high’ and ‘very high’ landslide susceptibility and ‘medium - very high’ seismic hazard. The classification used here runs from yellow (few kilometers exposed) to red (many kilometers exposed). The class…
The intention of this map is to give a quick overview for decision makers on national or regional level about the risk exposure of the road network to ‘medium – very high’ seismic hazard zones. The classification used here runs from yellow (few kilometers exposed) to red (many kilometers exposed). The class width of the yellow-to-red division has been c…
The intention of this map is to give a quick overview for decision makers on a supra-regional, national or subnational level about the risk exposure of the road network to ‘high’ and ‘very high’ landslide susceptibility. The classification used here runs from yellow (few kilometers exposed) to red (many kilometers exposed). The class width of the yellow…
22nd Session CPL(22)2:
The objectives of this report are: to give a brief and general overview of the state of cities with respect to global trends in climate and other factors such as demographics and urbanisation; to analyse the factors that make a city resilient and the arguments for moving cities in this direction, providing brief best practice ca…
This document is the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Queensland floods of 2010/2011, established following the flooding of historic proportions in Queensland in December 2010, stretching into January 2011. It embodies both likelihood of flooding
and the consequences of flood when it comes.
The report begins with an examination of flo…
The issue brief details the evolving nature of humanitarian response and how humanitarian assistance differs in urban and rural contexts. It asserts that the staggering costs of rebuilding and the economic losses associated with urban disasters are leading many governments to focus additional resources on disaster preparedness and mitigation activities.…
This report represents one of the first attempts to compile all research on the impacts of climate change on the built environment in the United States and to link impacts with strategies for addressing them. It explores how climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts at all scales interact synergistically, with a focus on how green building profes…
A glance at urban interventions by Red Cross Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean:
This publication was developed in an effort to complement and inform the internal process of defining urban intervention strategies in the Americas in order to manage urban risk related to health and sanitation; food security and nutrition; road safety; social, e…
This article addresses the understanding of how global warming will affect hurricane surges, based on the observation that storm surges are responsible for much of the damage and loss of life associated with landfalling hurricanes. The authors simulated large numbers of synthetic surge events under projected climates and assess surge threat, as an examp…
This document reports on the 3rd edition of the Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change (Resilient Cities 2012) which brought together local governments, international and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), researchers, and the private sector, to exchange ideas on how to make cities more resilient and adaptive to climate ch…
This book presents a global knowledge base of lessons learned from good practices in multi-hazard early warning systems. It documents seven good practices: (i) the tropical cyclone early warning system of Cuba; (ii) the Bangladesh cyclone preparedness program: a vital component of the nation's multi-hazard early warning system; (iii) the French vigilanc…
Managing the risks of disasters in East Asia and the Pacific:
This report explores practical approaches to building urban resilience, focusing on tools and methodologies that can facilitate the use of risk information in public infrastructure investment and urban management decisions as integral elements of reducing disaster and climate risks. It demon…
This report, the first report in the UN-Habitat series on the state of cities to focus on the Arab world, highlights issues of environmental and natural disasters, risk and vulnerability, within a collective picture of urban conditions and trends in each of four Arab regions - Maghreb, Mashreq, Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) and Southern Tier. It provid…