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Displaying 249 of about 249 resultsCARTAGENA, 19 June, 2018- Representatives of eight national institutes of statistics in the Americas continue to meet today in Cartagena, Colombia, to discuss better ways to work together to collect data and statistics to monitor progress on reducing disaster losses as outlined in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The data is essen…
20 November, Geneva: Disaster risk reduction experts from around the world today began discussions on a new Global Risk Assessment Framework which can support UN Member States seeking to reduce disaster losses through implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
A key objectiv…
By Paco Martinez
Through the POCRISC application, the level of sectoral contagion of the population can be visualized, both locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
The need to locate the epicenter, environments and ramifications of catastrophes is already a measured and evaluated certainty.
Only ten days have elapsed since the confinemen…
By Giorgia Oriandi
If you look at L’Aquila from a distance, the city is surrounded by cranes, the signs of one of the worst earthquakes in Italy's history.
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The Chinese company ZTE — a leading provider of communication products and services — has chosen L'Aquila to open its first 5G innovation and research centre.
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ZTE and the University of L…
By Jonathan Sykes, PhD Candidate, University of Sheffield
The UK will need to spend £1 billion a year on flood management to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, according to the national Environment Agency. The organisation’s chair, Emma Boyd, said “we can’t win a war against water by building away climate change with infinitely h…
Scientists have used the sound of the sea to discover the route taken by hot fluids that feed a supervolcano in southern Italy.
Using an innovative technique that uses the ‘hum’ - or seismic noise - of waves crashing at the coastline of Campi Flegrei, scientists have produced a seismic image of the deeper structure of the volcano that reveals the main…
The Red Cross and the University of Twente have presented a research chair in name of Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, on the occasion of her 75th birthday. The Princess Margriet Research Chair will be established within the ITC Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation at the University of Twente and will focus it…
The Allianz Climate Risk Research Award is part of Allianz’s activities to mitigate risks related to climate change, to increase resilience, and to promote scientific research. The 2018 Award topic is Climate risk: real-time information & new technologies. The Award is intended to support talented researchers whose research focuses on:
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The landslide in Brienz (GR) in 2023 kept Switzerland on tenterhooks for weeks. Researchers from ETH Zurich, WSL and SLF used a model to provide a highly accurate blind prediction of where the sliding mass would come to rest. ETH Professor Johan Gaume explains how the model works and where its limitations lie.Johan Gaume, Joint Professor of Alpine Mass…