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Displaying 15 of about 45 resultsThis study examined the emergency preparedness activities of 20 schools in four districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, that had recently been severely affected by floods. Through face-to-face interviews and a structured questionnaire, the study presents data on the four pillars of emergency preparedness: emergency planning, prepar…
With 70% of its population living in coastal areas and low-lying deltas, Vietnam is highly exposed to riverine and coastal flooding.
This paper conducts a “stress-test” and examines the exposure of the population and poor people in particular to current and future flooding in Vietnam and specifically in Ho Chi Minh City. It develops new high-resol…
Historical losses due to tropical cyclones have been found to increase less than linearly with a nation's affected gross domestic product (GDP). This document demonstrates that for the United States this scaling is caused by a sub-linear increase with affected population while relative losses scale super-linearly with per capita income. The finding is r…
This paper addresses the visual communication issues with a focus on natural hazards which vary in time and space (such as the avalanche danger level) or purely in space (such as maps using the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale, ATES, to communicate how different terrain is exposed to avalanches). This study is a follow up of a previous study on the effi…
NATO Science series, Environmental Security, vol. 77
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Ravello, Italy, 8-17 November 1999.
The four parts of this book: the Problem, managing the problem (mitigation), managing the problem (warnings and technology), and related hazards - is a collaborative effort across different boundaries and discipline…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
The 2017 Heat Action Plan is a comprehensive early warning system and preparedness plan for extreme heat events in Ahmedabad. The Plan presents immediate and longer-term actions to increase preparedness, information-sharing, and response coordination to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable populations.
The 2017 Heat Action Plan aims…
This article evaluates the potential for using participatory modelling to facilitate engagement and co-production of knowledge by Flood Risk Modelling (FRM) modellers, practitioners and other stakeholders. Participatory modelling offers an approach that is flexible and versatile, yet sufficiently structured that it can support meaningful representation…
Information from the Austin Wildfire and Vulnerable Populations Tool is designed to support land use planners, fire personnel, elected officials, community health organizations, disaster response organizations, and others to identify areas where vulnerable populations and wildfire threat intersect. The tool can help leaders:
Prioritize and direct res…
The document consolidates the knowledge, methods, and practices that emerged from the 2010 expert group meeting entitled "Population Dynamics and Climate Change II: Building for Adaptation" organized by UNFPA, IIED and the Colegio de México in Mexico City.
It intends to catalyze action in global, national and local communities around a more informed, d…
This report was designed to inform state and local health departments, community planners, emergency preparedness professionals, and other stakeholders, as they prepare maps that convey useful knowledge on exposure to extreme heat while helping to identify and implement effective adaptation strategies.
Spatial analyses of vulnerable locations and…
This document reports on a project estimating the exposure to environmental hazards and the adaptive capacity of communities at continuous geographic areas across North and South Darfur. It presents results in simple and readily interpretable maps that allow the identification of the most vulnerable geographic units, the comparison of vulnerability amon…
IPCC (2001) expressed “high confidence” in the conclusion that “developing countries will be more vulnerable to climate change than developed countries”. This pronouncement has framed subsequent discussions despite concern raised elsewhere in Chapter 18 of the same assessment that “current knowledge of adaptation and adaptive capacity is insufficient fo…
This paper features Australian investment in disaster risk reduction, which helps partner countries save lives, reduce the costs of responding to disasters, protect their economies, and safeguard critical infrastructure. It highlights three good practices: (i) in Indonesia with a pilot programme involving risk assessment and mapping of areas most at ris…
In the last years a number of International and National associations suggested guidelines for extreme natural events risk analysis.
CRATER project started from these guidelines and from data gathered after the tsunami of 26th December 2004, with the main aim to create a complete tool for tsunami risk analysis in coastal areas.