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Displaying 15 of about 204 resultsSmall Island Developing States (SIDS) are incredibly vulnerable to intensifying hazards from climate change. But the challenges that SIDS face in adapting can only be understood by looking at how these impacts interact with other risks – not all of them environmental.
A dire example of this is the recent eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’a…
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has officially approved two new Early Action Plans (EAPs): the EAP for Floods associated with Tropical Storms in Honduras, and the EAP for Volcanic Ashfall in Costa Rica. As a result, 2,700 Honduran families and 2,400 Costa Rican families will be able to anticipate the impacts o…
Background
The Asia-Pacific region encompasses large areas of high disaster risk. Hazards affecting the region include floods, drought, typhoons and cyclones, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and tsunamis. The Pacific region has special risks due to the large number of small island states which are particularly vulnerable to typhoons and drought and…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Japan during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as earthquake, volcano, cyclone and flood, also presents national institutional and legal fra…
El Atlas de riesgo de Colombia ha sido elaborado por la Unidad Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres, entidad líder en el país en la temática de gestión del riesgo, e INGENIAR: Risk Intelligence. Este producto surge ante la necesidad de avanzar en el conocimiento del riesgo a nivel nacional y regional, teniendo en cuenta que la misión de la entida…
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…
Over the years the need has surfaced for a more Caribbean focused conference on all possible disaster hazards. This conference seeks to bring together government agencies, academic institutions, and private sector for information exchange, dialogue and development of methods and practice to reduce the harmful impacts of hazards and disasters in the Cari…
El Programa Manejo de Crisis y Construcción de Resiliencia está diseñado para ejecutivos de alto rango dentro de las comunidades de seguridad, emergencia y municipales así como para directores y altos mandos de Protección Civil de México que sean responsables de la planificación, prevención, preparación, administración de crisis y desastres masivos…
The scientific program of IUGG 2011 includes symposia, poster presentations and workshops on a wide range of themes related to geophysics and geodesy, including:
- Hydrological Sciences
- Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
- Physical Sciences of the Oceans
- Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior
- Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Inte…
This map illustrates area at risk of earthquake activity, volcanic eruptions and tropical storms according to established risk scales.
Earthquake intensity risk is gauged using the 1956 version of the Modified Mercalli Scale (MM), describing the effects of an earthquake on the surface of the earth.
Tropical storm risk is taken from the Munich Reinsura…
In French:
Le plan ORSEC est un plan cadre gouvernemental, permettant d’organiser la réponse en cas de catastrophe de grande ampleur qui dépasse les moyens habituellement misent en place pour y répondre. Il permet d’appuyer le leadership du gouvernement sur l’organisation de cette réponse en clarifiant les rôles et responsabilités de chacun mais auss…
This handbook reviews the techniques, methodologies and best practices for using geospatial information in support of decision making for disaster risk management. The focus is on specific hazards, including flood, cyclone, earthquake, landslide, volcanic activity and forest fire. While space-based information can significantly enhance disaster emergenc…
This book addresses a wide range of environmental concerns within the context of sustainability and their influence on the future of Hawaii. It traces land-use practices before and after the arrival of Westerners and the increased tempo of destruction following the latter. It also discusses volcanoes and the risk of placing homes in locations vulnerable…
This point-by-point report of the UN Secretary-General on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration encompasses natural disasters in the "other priorities for global action". It calls for more determined efforts to address the loss of lives, livelihoods and infrastructure in order to avoid disasters to become an increasingly serious obstacle to t…
By Megan Rowling
London - Natural disasters forced 32.4 million people from their homes in 2012, with climate and weather hazards such as floods and storms causing 98 percent of the displacement, a report said on Monday.
The total was almost double the 2011 number, as major floods hit India and Nigeria last year, accounting for 41 percent of global di…