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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…
One international human settlements and climate change expert (IE) (home based) and one international spatial planning expert (Viet Nam and home based)
Background
Viet Nam is one of the countries most affected by climate change, affecting many sectors and regions, and presenting a challenge to human development. Effects such as sea level rise and assoc…
Organization Profile
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) has contributed to the advancement of disaster risk management practice and promotion of the culture of safety in different thematic areas in Asia. During the last 20 years, in addition to capacity building initiatives, ADPC has implemented programs and projects at national and regional lev…
In recent memory the Australasian region has suffered tremendous collateral damage and loss of life due to the occurrence of natural disasters. Many of these disasters, in particular earthquakes and flooding, are of direct relevance to geotechnical and engineering geology communities due to the associated adverse effect on the ground and earth structure…
The effective capacity of building resilience in large cities depends on a thorough knowledge of their exposure to risks. Almost each urban area, especially extended and highly populated cities, is exposed to a number of different risks, which can span from urban fires, to floods, tsunamis in coastal areas, earthquakes, etc. The whole set of risks shoul…
In terms of water-related hazards, cities lack e.g. adequate planning, awareness, communication and coordination, as part of their governance structures, which form a great part of the underlying cause of increasing disaster risk. The issue is not that we lack the knowledge or high level commitment to build resilience to disasters, but the approach to h…
Saritsa Foundation advocates and practices People Centered, People Led and People Owned mechanisms to develop science of self reliant with inclusive Safety culture and Resilience. People need inputs of information, knowledge and training to respond to disasters with confidence. Saritsa Foundation believes that creation of power of self awareness, in var…
The Risk Analysis course introduces the concepts, methods and tools to assess hazard, vulnerability, risk and the impact associated with earthquakes and floods. It demonstrates how risk analysis is applied to formulate disaster risk reduction policies. It introduces tools and models used to assess disaster impact, both direct and indirect, and methods t…
Floods are one of the most common and serious types of natural disasters affecting cities. More population density in urban areas means that exposure of assets and settlements widens, especially with poorly managed urbanization (clogged drains, unregulated spatial expansion, inadequate housing). At a household level, floods also increase the vulnerabili…
Vancouver City Council has adopted a comprehensive climate change adaptation strategy to ensure that Vancouver remains a liveable and resilient city in the face of climate change.
The landmark strategy recommends nine primary actions and over 50 supporting actions that the City of Vancouver can take to incorporate climate change adaptation measures into…
In French:
Premier volet de la stratégie du Conseil fédéral, version provisoire:
Cette stratégie fixe le cadre d’une démarche coordonnée au niveau fédéral pour l’adaptation aux changements climatiques. Elle doit permettre à la Suisse d’exploiter les opportunités offertes par les changements climatiques et de minimiser les risques qu’ils induisent, to…
This report outlines the steps government, businesses and communities are already taking to address the most severe and urgent threats of climate change, as identified by Defra last year in its Climate Change Risk Assessment. It identifies the major threats to the UK which require targeted adaptation responses across six sectors: (i) built environment,…
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La Península de Santa Elena, ubicada en el litoral ecuatoriano, es la provincia de más reciente creación en Ecuador, constituyéndose como tal, en el año 2008. Las características actuales del territorio son de un suelo completamente descubierto y seco, que en las épocas de invierno normales y en los extraordinarios presenta inundaciones por…
A declaration by the Mayors and Local Government representatives together with National Government Officials emphasizing the importance of reducing disaster risk in Arab cities, in which the participants of the First Arab conference for disaster risk reduction recognize the vulnerability Arab cities and towns to disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes,…
This publication describes the principles of flood and environmental risk management, and presents the challenges of integrating the system into policy making and project planning in the People’s Republic of China. Flood and environmental risk management is a new concept that recognizes the connection between managing flood risk and managing risks to th…