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Displaying 15 of about 58 resultsThis report details the discussions and outcomes of the expert roundtable event on Flooding in the Greater Horn of Africa held in September 2016. The event discussed current best practices for Early Warning Systems (EWS), looking in particular at the 2006 ISDR checklist for developing ‘people-centred’ early warning systems and the four-point approa…
This toolkit is a guidebook for building capacity of flood management practitioners in transboundary river basins in the Asia-Pacific region. It provides the know-how of utilizing probabilistic and deterministic modeling frameworks, which integrates meteorological, hydrology and flood forecasting models and accesses real time data and information from m…
This publication explores the contributions of science and technology in Asia. The first part evaluates the advancement of the science and technology in disaster risk reduction in 11 countries.
The second part of the report features 28 case studies and good practices on applying science and technology in different field of disaster risk reduction…
Large magnitude earthquakes in urban environments continue to kill and injure tens to hundreds of thousands of people, inflicting lasting societal and economic disasters. The handful of Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) systems operating around the world use traditional seismic and geodetic networks that exist only in a few nations. Smartphones a…
RSIS Commentary No. 066, March 2016:
This paper looks at how effective Indonesia’s tsunami warning systems today are, identifies gaps and highlights positive aspects. A big earthquake hit the ocean floor off Southwestern Sumatra, Indonesia on 2 March 2016. Tsunami warnings were issued by the government to the whole Sumatran regions.
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This report examines the capacities of national early warning systems in Georgia by using the UNISDR checklist and provides recommendations for the establishment of a multi-hazard early warning system in the country. The assessment has been commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Georgia and carried out by independent experts.
The African Drought Conference (ADC) on "Enhancing resilience to drought events on the African continent" concluded the 22nd August 2016 in Windhoek, Namibia, after adopting the Windhoek Declaration. The conference built on 11th Session of the Conference Of Parties (COP-11) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, which was held…
This publication presents a web application that combines air traffic data and network simulations in order to predict where infectious diseases may spread to and aid in their prevention.
The results from selected time periods support that modeling air travel and passenger movement between South america and the United states can be a powerful tool in p…
This report describes the state of the science and how the latest research has improved capabilities to monitor the current state of drought, predict its onset and evolution from weeks to seasons, and better understand why drought occurs. The purpose of the report is to communicate the crucial role NOAA research has played over the last decade in advanc…
This paper provides an overview on current trends and research findings for technologies within crisis communication and disaster risk reduction. The outcomes of the analysis highlight five different issues that are important for effective and efficient crisis communication and future directions of disaster risk reduction activities.…
This paper discusses the lessons learned from a comparative analysis of Early Warning Systems (EWS) for floods in Europe (Belgium) and Africa (Egypt, Mali). This paper focuses on the substantial challenges in the effective use of an EWS as a tool to strengthen preparedness and community resilience to floods and droughts.
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This publication, part of the Disaster Management Reference Handbook Series, intends to provide decision makers, planners, responders and disaster management practitioners with an overview of the disaster management structure, policies, laws, and plans for each country covered in the series. Natural and man-made threats most likely t…
This short video features two episodes to teach students what to do in case of fire or earthquake at school.
Year 1, Issue 2, March 2016:
The second issue of the e-magazine covers various fields of disaster management, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and sustainable development, including: i) expert's view: earthquake preparedness and implementation drive has to come within; ii) special feature: does India need to revamp its disaster managem…
Climate Services, 2016, doi:10.1016/j.cliser.2016.01.001:
This paper elaborates on the link between weather and climate in the context of providing climate services that will contribute to more efficient water services today, which, in their turn, will be better adapted to climate change impacts and conditions of tomorrow. It illustrates this by discuss…