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Displaying 45 of about 612 resultsThe conference will feature an international panel of experts and participants who will learn from other countries’ experiences, with the goal of identifying challenges, obstacles and solutions for integrating sustainable development principles into planning in southern Iraq.
Iraq is facing a unique set of environmental challenges as one of the Arab re…
Conference themes:
Climatic hazards: Floods, droughts, dust, typhoons, cyclones, desertification and heat waves and cold spells.
Geo-hazards: Earthquake, volcanoes, landslides, tsunami.
Bio-environmental hazards.
Modern technologies and hazard management: Remote sensing, GIS, GPS and WebGIS.
Human environmental threats: Urbanization, population e…
Climate change and extreme weather variation is being experienced by all of us today. Droughts, excessive rains and increasing heat conditions are becoming frequent and are affecting the natural resource base. These changes threaten food production, water availability, increase human and animal health problems, impact natural ecosystems, increase risk o…
This study aims at the real-time monitoring and prediction of heat waves using a multi-model dynamical ensemble prediction system developed at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India. For this, a criterion has been proposed based on the observed daily gridded maximum temperature (Tmax) datasets, which can be used for real-time prediction as well…
Extreme heat occurrence worldwide has increased in the past decades. At the same time, many cities are facing severe air pollution problems featuring high‐PM episodes (high concentration of particulate matter due to various sources) that last from days to weeks. The main purpose of this study is to bring forth a greater awareness of the potential larger…
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The aim of the conference is to offer a forum for disaster management communities and experts to strengthen their capabilities in using space based information to assess, monitor and respond to climate change related disaster risks and integrate space technology into long-term disaster risk reduction efforts. Increased storms and floods in t…
‘Settlement Planning & Shelter in emergencies’ is a four-day residential course run by RedR India that helps you understand strategies and practices that are intrinsic to the shelter sector and humanitarian sector in general. The course is one of RedR’s Trainings, which aims to improve the effectiveness of specialist and non specialist in emergency…
The training module on Urban Risk Reduction and Resilience focuses on various aspects of disaster risks in urban areas. Factors like the concentration of population, economic activities, building activities and networks in urban areas result in aggravated risk from disasters and at times, these factors end up causing disasters as well. The module is des…
SOP for heatwave has been developed by the District Disaster Management Authority of Gorakhpur with technical support from UNICEF, UP. In SOP, the roles & responsibilities of all the departmental stakeholders have been clearly identified & comprehensively described for the mitigation of heatwave. Apart from the above measures, SOP describes the…
This document outlines what should happen before, during and after periods of extreme heat in Karachi. It sets out strategies that government and non-government agencies will adopt to prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths in Karachi and capacitate the public, particularly the most vulnerable residents, to take protective action. The Plan describes a…
In a warming world an increasing number of people are being exposed to heat, making a comfortable thermal environment an important need. This study explores the potential of using Regional Internet Search Frequencies (RISF) for air conditioning devices as an indicator for thermal discomfort (i.e. dissatisfaction with the thermal environment) with the ai…
The Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (GIDM) has developed the training module on the subject “Extreme Heat Prevention and Management” to help the trainers use it for the training of participants working in various government and non-government organisations and have a direct or indirect role in protecting the health of people from extreme heat d…
This paper synthesizes collaborative research results on the economics of alternative strategies for building resilience of housing systems in response to current conditions and projected changes in climate. Research undertaken in Vietnam, India and Pakistan demonstrates cost-effective solutions for reducing risk from flooding, extreme storm events…
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 114, July 2014:
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on the theme of urban risk and resilience. Its articles provide an overview of the best practices and interventions apropos urban resilience with special focus on Asia in the context of the HFA2 process. This document includes the following content:
(i) The i…
This document presents results from Climate and Development Knowledge Network's (CDKN) projects to assess vulnerability and mainstream climate resilience into development planning. The document includes anecdotes from heatwaves in India, coastal development for climate change adaptation in Ghana, and vulnerability assessments in Colombia to illustrate t…