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Displaying 15 of about 199 resultsThis seismic risk profile of Zambia, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk indica…
This seismic risk profile of Chad, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk indicato…
GENEVA, 25 April 2013 - The Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Margareta Wahlström, today extended condolences to the families of those who have lost loved ones in the collapse of an eight-storey building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and reiterated that Dhaka is also in a high risk earthquake zone.
In meetings last year in Dhaka, Ms.…
PARIS, 20 November 2012 - It's a scenario from hell which could rival the 2010 Haitian earthquake in terms of human losses.
Conservative estimates are that the next big earthquake could result in 100,000 dead, 200,000 injured and one to two million people displaced in the fabled Kathmandu Valley where memories live on of the 1934 earthquake which took…
This seismic risk profile of Mongolia, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk indi…
This seismic risk profile of Paraguay, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk indi…
This seismic risk profile of Ethiopia, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk indi…
This seismic risk profile of Burundi, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk indic…
This seismic risk profile of Lesotho, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk indic…
This seismic risk profile of Bangladesh, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in questionRisk ind…
This seismic risk profile of Tajikistan, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk in…
A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the early morning hours of June 22, 2022. Though relatively moderate in size, the earthquake devastated Paktika and Khost Provinces in southeastern Afghanistan, killing more than 1,050 people and injuring almost 3,000 more. Three weeks later, on July 18, a magnitude-5.1 aftershock agai…
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GeoHazards International (GHI) seeks to hire a full-time Earthquake Risk Mitigation Specialist for a school and hospital earthquake safety project conducted in partnership with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, described below. The Mitigation Specialist will be a Bhutanese national to be based in Thimphu, Bhut…
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is looking for a Natural Hazards Scientist to join the Disaster Risk Management Initiative. This is a full-time position based in Dushanbe.
About the DRMI:
The Disaster Risk Management Initiative (DRMI) was developed to strengthen the relevant disaster management capabilities of the AKDN in Afghanistan, India, P…
The Seismic Risk Management Initiative (SRMI) was developed to strengthen the relevant disaster management capabilities of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and Tajikistan. National implementation teams, composed of AKDN agencies and affiliates, are responsible for carrying out SRMI activities in each of these prior…