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Displaying 45 of about 321 resultsThis report presents seven case studies compiled by researchers and practitioners. These case studies from different countries cover a range of topics in the Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) context, and are as follows:
Landslide hazard regulation and mitigation: Creating Resilient Landscapes in the Serrana region of Rio de…
This handbook summarises the current state of the National Park Service (NPS) climate adaptation and key approaches currently in practice or considered for climate change adaptation in coastal areas in order to guide adaptation planning in coastal parks. The chapters focus on policy, planning, cultural resources, natural resources, facility management,…
This publication is a synthesis of lessons from more than a decade of Concern Worldwide’s disaster risk reduction (DRR) programming in coastal geographic contexts. Based on research in Port au Prince, Haiti; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Nairobi, Kenya; and Freetown, Sierra Leone, this publication describes Concern’s approach to DRR and offers lessons and guidance…
By Shannon Cunniff
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1. Upstream Tech
California-based Upstream Tech uses satellite data and machine learning to show if a conservation project is delivering results. Environmental Defense Fund is exploring whether this tool can be used to validate the performance of wetland restoration in Louisiana, work now done by peop…
Scientists are unraveling the reasons why some parts of the world are experiencing sea level increases far beyond the global average. A prime example is the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, which has been experiencing “sunny day flooding” that had not been expected for decades.
By Jim Morrison
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What Norfolk gets is that while sea level is rising glob…
Disaster Risk Management Working Paper Series, no. 5.
This paper examines the ways in which natural resources management and environmental degradation affect natural hazard risk, and makes a preliminary assessment of the importance of such linkages and the extent of their incorporation into disaster mitigation strategies and activities. The analysis is…
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is embarking on a series of workshops in St. Thomas, aimed at developing an effective coastal management action plan for the parish.
The workshops, which got underway on January 19, are being held under ODPEM’s ‘Building Disaster Resilient Communities (BDRC) Project’ and involve colla…
Rising sea levels have worsened the destruction that routine tidal flooding causes in the nation's coastal communities. On the U.S. mainland, communities in Louisiana, Florida and Maryland are most at risk.
Stemming the loss of life and property is a complex problem. Elected officials can enact policies to try to lessen the damage of future flooding.…
This year’s World Meteorological Day on 23 March highlights the importance of being “weather-ready, climate-smart” – a timely theme with hurricane season right around the corner.
Experts predict the 2018 season will be as busy as the last, when three major storms – Harvey, Irma and Maria – devastated parts of the Caribbean. Such extreme weather events…
This study considers different design concepts to “hold the line” on sea level rise at Mission Creek in San Francisco and weighs the pros and cons of each. Concepts include raising seawalls, filling and creating tidal basins through an outboard levee and building a tidal gate that could be closed during extreme high tides. The study…
This report relates the findings of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) regarding the rise in global temperatures over the past ten years and the correlating rise in the frequency and severity of disaster events. The report is divided into six chapters: (i) chapter one assesses temperature data and analyzes it by continent; (ii) chapter two asse…
In his post, Senior Attorney and Natural Resources Defense Council's staff Jon Devine answers the questions: What kind of damage will Irene do? Is your city prepared for it? An NRDC report providies some insight by exploring similar anticipated impacts from extreme weather (including more frequent and intense storms, and increased flooding), which we ex…
By Siddharth Narayan and Michael Beck
2017 was the worst year on record for hurricane damage in Texas, Florida and the Caribbean from Harvey, Irma and Maria. We had hoped for a reprieve this year, but less than a month after Hurricane Florence devastated communities across the Carolinas, Hurricane Michael has struck Flori…
The National Hurricane Center will launch storm surge inundation maps for the first time this summer, predicting where and how deep flooding will hit here and elsewhere.
Two years ago the maps were tested on the Outer Banks. Data from hundreds of hurricane forecast scenarios was fed into a supercomputer.
Hurricanes and tropical storms are measured acc…
As a deadly tornado headed toward Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on March 24, 2023, forecasters saw the storm developing on radar and issued a rare “tornado emergency” warning. NOAA’s Weather Prediction and Storm Prediction centers had been warning for several days about the risk of severe weather in the region. But w…