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Displaying 120 of about 939 resultsWellington has long been regarded as a city vulnerable to natural hazards. As a nation, we have generally expected that our capital is likely to experience a big quake, sooner rather than later. Previous surveys indicate that over 95% of Wellingtonians are aware of the earthquake risk in Wellington. However, despite this being the case, knowledge of the…
With emphasis on the Philippines, Indonesia and China:
This draft publication explains 'what East Asia and the Pacific can do to prepare for the next big earthquake: developing and implementing regional and countrywide strengthening programs for vulnerable structures'. It describes: (i) the key challenges in earthquake risk management and what to do a…
This book shares with the humanitarian community over thirty case studies of completed emergency and transitional shelter projects. The project summaries included aim to illustrate some of the shelter project options available to organisations working in both postdisaster and post-conflict situations. The focus of this book is on projects which maximize…
The vulnerability of Indian constructions has been amply demonstrated by the recent damaging earthquakes. These include not only the non-engineered constructions carried out by the common man, but also many “engineered” buildings. Construction typologies differ from place to place for various reasons, including availability of local materials and skills…
The impact of disaster also depends on the levels of development and disaster preparedness of individual cities. This is evident when comparing the contrasting cases of Kobe, Japan (hit by a 7.2 Richter magnitude earthquake in 1995) and Marmara, Turkey (hit by a 7.4 Richter magnitude earthquake in 1999). The Kobe (or Great Hanshin) earthquake was amongs…
This user-friendly handbook provides an overview of several 'natural' disasters that occurred in the world in 2007, and contains good practices submitted by ADRC member countries to share knowledge among relevant stakeholders in order to contribute to global disaster risk reduction, in regard to the progression on the implementation of the Hyogo Framewo…
Talking at the 12th regional congress on Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources of Southeast Asia, Songpope Polachan, president of the Geological Society of Thailand, calls on geologists to play more active roles in designing city planning to prevent possible geological hazards, as reported by the Bangkok Post.
"Whatever attempts to preserve geological…
The Financial Times writes that the Great Earthquake of Japan has made officials to rethink how to mitigate the effects of disasters. The article cites scientists who fear that the Greater Tokyo megapolis could be vulnerable, and quote Masaharu Nakagawa, Japan’s minister of state for disaster management, who said: "We have now started fundamentally to r…
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Realizzare un grande laboratorio internazionale di studi e sperimentazione costituito da ricercatori e scienziati che studiano le conseguenze del sisma sullo sfaldamento della società: è lo scopo dell’ultimo progetto realizzato per L’Aquila dai sei club service locali, che si sono uniti per "dare una scossa alla città", scrive IlCapoluogo.…
"For the future and protection of coming generations the mountains and people living in them have to be made safer. We have to take some effective approach that would ensure that the devastation of 2005 is not repeated again and the only way is through adapting to risk reduction strategies", writes Noreen Haider for Climate Himalaya.
She describes the…
Although newer buildings in Tokyo are built to withstand powerful earthquakes, a large quake in the city has the potential to cause widespread damage, reports Justin McCurry for the Guardian. Chances of a magnitude-7 earthquake striking Tokyo had increased since 11 March, asserts Shinichi Sakai, an associate professor at the earthquake research institut…
While the world has succeeded in making 'natural' disasters less deadly, through better early-warning systems for tsunamis, better public information about evacuation plans, tougher building codes in quake-prone areas and so on, their economic cost is rising, states a briefing from The economist. "This is because a growing share of the world’s populatio…
The United States is helping reduce disaster risks in one of the earth’s most disaster-prone corners, increasing the Nepalese Government’s resilience and strengthening its capacity to respond to its citizens.
Perched atop the Himalayas, Nepal faces multiple natural hazards, including annual floods, landslides, and avalanches, as well as periodic drough…
2011 has been a year of transition for Haiti. Humanitarian aid and the commitment of NGOs in Haiti continued all along the last 12 months, but the 12 January 2010 earthquake has left deep marks on the country. On top of these scars, new strains occurred with the cholera epidemic as soon as October 2010, and the phase of political transition, which ended…
As Haiti continues to make a slow recovery from the catastrophic earthquake that devastated the nation two years ago, its neighbour Dominican Republic is bracing itself to be better prepared for future disasters, writes Davinder Kumar for the Huffington Post. Approaches like involving communities, especially children and young people, to minimise the im…