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Displaying 15 of about 604 resultsAs a result of extreme weather events, their effects and their impacts on the UK highways network, the Department for Transport (DfT) commissioned research to identify any lessons that have been learned for ensuring the resilience of the highway network. The focus of this article is investigating a specific time window, between the winter storms and flo…
This publication seeks to give an overview of the current situation in terms of the inclusion of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in major disaster preparedness and management, given that their situation as a particularly vulnerable group exposes them to an additional risk of harm in the event of disasters. In particular, the aim is to see whether…
This publication provides an overview of the state of the art in emergency preparedness and disaster risk reduction for people with disabilities. It asks whether an adequate level of resilience has been achieved by and on behalf of people with disabilities. The publication shows that there is much potential to improve emergency preparedness for people w…
The purpose of this study is to review the state-of-the-art for RRE (Rapid Response to Earthquakes) systems, focusing first on the tools and methods that have been developed for shake-map computation (i.e., taking into account the seismic recordings as well as macroseismic observations when available), in order to provide a map of the ground shaking int…
This Commission staff working document is the second edition of an overview of the natural and man-made disaster risks that the European Union (EU) may face, prepared under EU legislation on civil protection. The aim of the overview is to capture the trends in the ever-evolving disaster risk landscape, discuss the major drivers shaping it, take a closer…
This paper assesses the lessons to learn after the heavy rain and pluvial floods in Germany 2021 and addresses the question of failure. Floods are a known natural hazard in Germany, but the amount of precipitation and ensuing high death toll and damages after the events especially from 14 to 15 July 2021 came as a surprise. Almost immediately quest…
This paper aims to evaluate the main factors that contribute to the risk of flooding in riverine cities in Turkey, as well as to take some lessons for improving the existing system. It was based on a sample survey of four case cities; namely Bartın, Batman, Aydın and Hatay. Turkey’s river flood protection system is based on surveys and assessments of a…
Watching news reports of severe flooding in Europe, of devastating wildfires in the US, of melting ice caps at the poles, very few people now would deny that our climate is changing. The UK’s Environment Agency has just warned in a new report that the country is not ready for climate disruption and that it must “adapt or die”. And while it’s clear that…
UN Climate Change and the German regional government of North Rhine-Westphalia today announced a new ‘Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE)’ hub designed to foster education and public awareness, training, public access to information and participation in climate change action in North Rhein-Westphalia and globally.
Financially supported by the governme…
This study proposes to adopt the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) approach and its seven principles to assist integrated flood management and transboundary cooperation in river basins, extending over more municipalities, regions, or states. Although HACCP was initially employed in the food production and processing industry to identify haz…
This study identifies 20 key strategies, grouped according to the health systems functions, that have been found as enhancing health systems resilience in the face of COVID-19. This study is targeted at policy-makers and has two aims. First, it provides national policy-makers with evidence from other countries to assess their own responses to COVID-19 a…
The UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) is an exciting cross-UCL department, which leads research, knowledge exchange and teaching in the fields of risk and disaster reduction and humanitarian action. By providing a focus for UCL’s activities the IRDR, with its breadth of disciplinary emphasis, promotion of novel multidisciplinary…
É um documento que pretende auxiliar a elaboração de planos de evacuação para as zonas potencialmente ameaçadas por um tsunami, contribuindo ainda para melhorar a perceção e sensibilização pública face a este risco. As indicações constantes neste Guia tiveram por base doutrina nacional e internacional, designadamente de grupos de trabalho da Comissão Oc…
This report aims to update knowledge of water stress (a general term that includes drought and water scarcity) in Europe to inform policymakers and interested stakeholders about the current state of play. It presents arguments for a shift from crisis management to risk management, including by putting more emphasis on demand-side measures, such as incre…
The recent eruption on La Palma, in the Canary Islands, has stimulated speculation that the volcano might collapse, creating a tsunami that would devastate the east coast of North and South America. But is such a scenario possible or likely?
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The Canary Islands “mega-tsunami” scenario assumed a single, coherent, massive collapse block that reache…