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Displaying 105 of about 129 resultsEducation for sustainable development, case studies and best practices:This report is a compilation of case studies and grapples with the crucial question of merging disaster management education into the broader agenda of education for sustainable development. It shows how communities, scientists, activists, non-governmental organizations, teachers, st…
Two villages in the Pamir Mountains and their watersheds of about 23km2 were mapped in resolutions of 15 and 10cm each using professional mapping Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). The imagery will be used to inform future and current remediation activities, disaster risk reduction training and risk maps in the communities.
Many villages in the Tajik Pami…
By Anneli Sundin
A case study in South Tyrol highlights the key role of mutual trust, strong social networks, and a shared understanding of risks in recovery and resilience-building after a disaster.
Communities in the Alps have a strong relationship with their natural environment. The distinct landscape of valleys flanked by steep mountains supports…
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Utilisation SIG dans la gestion des risques naturels:
Ce document présente un rapport portant sur le développement d'un système d'information pour l'évaluation technique des menaces naturelles et l'identification des aléas ciblant les communes du Petit Goâve, Grand Goâve et Jacmel en Haïti. Les menaces prises en consideration sont: inondat…
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Governments and policy-makers to leverage RMS technology to strengthen risk management decision-making and support disaster risk reduction strategies
Newark, Calif. – RMS, the world’s leading catastrophe risk management firm, today announced that governments will have free access to RMS(one)®, the company’s real-time exposure and risk m…
On the 22nd March a rain-soaked hillside by the north part of the Stillaguamish River gave way, releasing a square-mile rush of wet earth and rock into the outskirts of the town of Oso in Washington's North Cascade Mountains. The landslide left 28 people dead and 21 are missing.
However, according to Dr Daniel J Miller, clues were there long before. In…
PanGeo is a 3-year Collaborative project that started 1st February 2011 with the objective of enabling free and open access to geohazard information in support of GMES. This will be achieved by providing an INSPIRE-compliant, free, online geohazard information service for 52 of the largest towns in Europe covering approximately 13% of the population.…
Records of nearly 5,000 landslides around the world show that human activities like construction, illegal mining, and hill cutting are increasingly responsible for fatal slides, particularly in Asia.
By Katherine Kornei
In 2015, a landslide in China’s Guangdong province swept more than 70 people to their deaths. Triggered by heavy rains that satu…
A WMO-led project to establish a functioning hydrometeorological service in Afghanistan to improve early warnings and provide accessible and accurate weather forecasts to increase resilience has “achieved more than anyone could imagine,” according to an Afghan government minister.
Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to weather and wate…
By Alvaro Federico Barra and Ivelisse Justiniano
On August 14, 2017, after three days of intense rain, a massive side slope of the Sugar Loaf – the highest mountain in the north of Sierra Leone’s Western Area Peninsula – collapsed and slipped into the Babadorie River Valley.
The mudslide affected about 6,000 people. Up to 1,141 of them were declared d…
A number of government institutions, international agencies, scientific organizations and non-governmental organizations in Bosnia Herzegovina are currently in the process of scaling up their DRR programming. In order to facilitate this process, UN agencies have compiled a collection of hazard and risk maps that will enable agencies/institutions in the…
Risk and poverty in a changing climate:
The Report is the first biennial global assessment of disaster risk reduction prepared in the context of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). The ISDR, launched in 2000, provides a framework to coordinate actions to address disaster risks at the local, national, regional and international lev…
Behind every effect, there is a cause:
This manual for the media - compiled by journalists and disaster experts who understand that disaster risk reduction is a civic duty, government responsibility, national obligation and a good story - is for reporters and broadcasters who want to know more about those urgent, terrifying and all-too-often tragic mom…
The Second World Landslide Forum has the objective to further develop the outcomes of the First Forum in Tokyo 2008 by providing a global cross-cutting information and cooperation platform for all types of organizations representing academia, United Nations organisations, governments, private enterprises and individuals that contribute to landslide rese…
The Africa Union Commission will convene a regional workshop for the East Africa region in collaboration with the East African Community (EAC) and the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) in Arusha. The Workshop aims to accelerate action in the implementation of the Africa Regional Strategy on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and its P…