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Displaying 27 of about 27 results1: Changing Contexts -- 1. Living in a changing world -- 2. The challenges of water governance -- 3. Water and human settlements in an urbanizing world -- Section 2: Changing Natural Systems -- 4. The state of the resource -- 5. Coastal and freshwater ecosystems -- Section 3: Challenges for Well-being and Development -- 6. Protecting and promoting human…
This Study is part of DFID’s strategic effort to assess the significance of disaster risk in its development work. It aims to explore evidence on linkages between poverty alleviation, development and disaster risk reduction, and to establish why disaster risk reduction is often not part of development policy and planning. It is aimed primarily at develo…
The Convention opens an important new phase in the battle against desertification, but it is just a beginning. In particular, governments are regularly reviewing the action programmes. They also focus on awareness-raising, education and training, in both developing and developed countries. Desertification can be reversed only if far-reaching changes are…
The book presents what desertification is, why it is important, what studies have been carried out already. It provides an overview on the research design used, explaining the general methodology, data selection procedure, and data analysis, giving data statistics, and discussing data bias. It also provides an overview on the frequency of occurrence of…
This book presents a selection of examples and experiences of disaster reduction that responds to the need for identifying good practices and sharing experiences and information, identified by many - including Governments - during the preparatory process for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR). It highlights efforts and practices being und…
This publication presents a global view of major natural disaster risk hotspot areas at relatively high risk of loss from one or more natural hazards. It summarizes the results of an interdisciplinary analysis of the location and characteristics of hotspots for six natural hazards: earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, drought, and cyclones. Data…
Advances in natural and technological hazards research, vol. 21
Natural disasters, response, recovery, and mitigation are important topics for policy makers, sustainable development specialists, technical experts and teachers. The occurrences and distributions of natural disaster events and the responses and mitigation practices associated with them a…
Arabian Deserts provides a comprehensive coverage of all the deserts of Arabia largely based on the author’s experience in Arabia over the last fifty years. It deals with every type of desert found there, including those formed by great sand seas, dune-fields, evaporites, clay pans, stony plains, volcanic flows, desert plateaux and mountains, deltas, an…
Environmental issue report, no. 35.
This report brings together information about natural disasters and technological accidents that have occurred across Europe in recent years and their impacts on the environment and society. The report concentrates on the period 1998-2002 but includes preliminary information for 2003 wherever possible. The repo…
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society, based at Columbia University in New York, is developing tailored forecasting and monitoring products to help the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies improve its capabilities to both respond to and prepare for disasters. The need to incorporate climate information…
The countries of the Region of the Americas are exposed to a large variety of natural hazards. Earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, droughts, and floods affect many of the countries of the Region and cause major disasters. The number of deaths, injuries, and persons seriously affected, damage to infrastructure, disruption of public s…
Droughts and their management are a serious challenge to water resource professionals. While droughts predominate in warm, arid regions, their frequency and severity in more temperate regions with more abundant rainfall have been on the rise. This book provides an essential collection of planning and management tools for minimizing the negative impacts…