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Displaying 15 of about 269 resultsThe objectives of the Queensland Strategy for Disaster Resilience (QSDR) are being delivered through the Resilient Queensland 2018 - 2021 engagement and implementation plan to achieve the Queensland Government’s vision of making Queensland the most disaster resilient state in Australia. The four objectives of the Queensland Strategy for Disaster Resilie…
This paper aims to elucidate the state of the art of data sources, spatial variables, indicators, methods, indexes and tools for the spatial assessment of socio-economic vulnerability (SEV) related to geohazards. The most common source of data remains population censuses. The most recurrent spatial variable used for the assessment of SEV is househo…
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…
To address the lack of adequate measures for flood risk reduction in Nepal, where recurrent flood-related hazards have had grave consequences for many people over the past decades, the authors developed a flood risk assessment model for a study area in the Sindhupalchok District. The model considers direct and indirect damages that are assigned to four…
As a small Indonesian island, Bali is likely to also be affected by climate change impacts, including rising sea levels, drought, and flooding, which will also impact on its paddy production. This paper shows how the focus area of vulnerability assessments in Bali has been identified, based on multiple assessments including literature reviews, statistical…
This study explores the relationship between poverty and exposure to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by using large-scale household surveys to quantify the differences in handwashing access, occupation and hospital access with respect to wealth status in low-income settings. The authors use a COVID-19 transmission model to demonstrate the impact of…
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is both a health pandemic that is killing thousands and a socio-economic crisis that is threatening the welfare of millions. Although the pandemic affects people across all walks of life, certain groups are more impacted than others.
This brief, developed by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office…
Flood risk is increasing across the world due to climate change and socioeconomic developments. With it, flood risk sciences and understanding of risks and drivers are advancing. However, the overall governance of flood risk remains a highly reactive process. This paper explores the role of national laws in determining the nature of flood risk managemen…
This brief is based on a Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance Post Event Review Capability (PERC) study analysing the 2019 Cyclone Idai impacts in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. This brief presents a series of resilience lessons from Cyclone Idai based on key informant interviews and background research, and highlights opportunities for strengthening earl…
Flood risk is increasing worldwide and there is a growing need to better understand the co-benefits of investments in disaster resilience. Utilizing a multinational community flood resilience dataset, this paper takes a systems approach to understanding community-level flood resilience. Using a cluster analysis and bivariate correlation methods, it was…
The resilience strategy is a tactical roadmap for building resilience in the city. The strategy articulates the city’s resilience priorities and specific initiatives for short-, medium-, and long-term implementation. The main purpose of the resilience strategy is to trigger action, investment, and support within the city government and beyond to build a…
Like other Caribbean countries, Cuba has adopted policies to relocate populations and prohibit (re)building in coastal zones at risk of climate change effects. Yet residents do not uniformly see such measures as welfare promoting and risk reducing, and may resist relocation, even in places where disaster planning is respected and effective. In such inst…
The main objective of the present work is to assess changes in vulnerability and, consequently, risk, considering a time-space dimension. Three deterministic tsunami scenarios based on historical events were analyzed, and vulnerability analysis with an emphasis on social cohesion and community organization in pre-reconstruction (2012) and post-reconstru…
To be useful for operational programs, measures of resilience must not just be valid, but be easy to use and useful. Unfortunately, while resilience measurement techniques have progressed tremendously over the past decade, most progress has been on improving validity rather than utility and ease of use. In this article, the authors present a new tool fo…
The Uniformed Services University’s (USU) National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) collaborated with the Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP), the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP), the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS), Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) and the Substance A…