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Displaying 30 of about 249 resultsSusanne Nielsen realizes that it is probably only a matter of time before her parents' summer house at Slettestrand in North Jutland is affected by flooding. Because under the house, which is just 400 meters from the bay of Jammerbugt in the municipality of the same name, the groundwater level is now often so high that there is a risk that large am…
This preliminary study aims to demonstrate that machine learning (ML) techniques can be used to analyze monitoring data to select the most relevant variables for triggering shallow rainfall-induced landslides at a regional scale. Assessing the occurrence of shallow rainfall-induced landslides is crucial for engaging in effective short-term and long-term…
This paper presents an automated way to extract the damaged buildings images after earthquakes from social media platforms such as Twitter and thus identify the particular user posts containing such images. After significant earthquakes, we can see images posted on social media platforms by individuals and media agencies owing to the mass usage of…
Natural disasters kill and displace millions and destroy livelihoods. But not every hazard results in disaster. Can science be used to prevent these devastating consequences? And if so, how do we integrate science into humanitarian planning and decision-making?
PolicyLab panel discussion with UN Special Representative Margareta Wahlström, Sir Mark Walp…
This publication takes forward the 12 action points adopted at the First Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (ASTCDRR) as a contribution to the global ‘Science and Technology Roadmap’. The publication identifies examples and good practices of implementation of these action points, identifying the role of science…
The International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology is one of the worldwide leading environmental conferences. This biennial conference brings together engineers, scientists, researchers, students, managers and other professionals in order to address and discuss emerging environmental issues.
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Subsurface technologies, such as geothermal energy and carbon capture and storage, are options to help limit global warming. Subsurface technologies involve the risk of induced seismicity. The successful implementation of these technologies depends on the public perception of these risks. Risk governance frameworks propose assessing the level of public…
The Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich is a center of competence for Swiss and international security policy. It offers security policy expertise in research, teaching, and consultancy.
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The Risk and Resilience Team of the Think Tank at CSS is engaged in research and policy consulting on a range of fi…
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This senior researcher position is opened in the framework of the FED-tWIN programme of sustainable research cooperation between the Belgian federal scientific institutes (FSI) and the universities, supported by the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO). The position will be jointly hosted at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, a Federal Scientific…
This trend analysis examines artificial intelligence, digitalization, climate change. Many overarching trends and developments have the potential to alter the lives of billions of people in the coming years. For society, most of these trends represent both a challenge and an opportunity. In any case, they will also affect the civil protection system in…
This paper aims to acquire vulnerability indicators to geo-hydrological hazards and examines an example of mobile phone-based data collection. Geo-hydrological risk reduction is a key issue for local governments in Italy. In this context, a collaboration was undertaken between multiple actors in the La Spezia municipality aimed at: (i) monitoring buildi…
By Bhuwneshwar Prasad Sah and Ries Kluskens
Introduction
Asia and the Pacific is home to two-thirds of the world’s poor and considered as one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. Majority of the population will be living in cities as the years progress, making it imperative for the region’s cities to become climate-resilient and livable.…
We invite submissions of abstracts for both full sessions and presentations for the 2019 European Climate Change Adaptation conference. All session and abstract submissions should link to one of the conference themes. The deadline for abstract submissions is 10 October 2018.
Two presentation formats will be available:
Oral and poster – guide…
Time
3 pm Brussels
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As part of the MCR2030 Digital Resilience Webinar Series, the third and last webinar of the series will focus on how policy makers can harness the emerging opportunities of digitalisation, as well as the large offer of tools and resources available, to support municipal and institutional governance and urban pl…
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…