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Displaying 30 of about 259 resultsThis edition focuses on the accomplishments in strengthening the ability of 27 remote Guatemalan communities to prepare for and respond to disasters. Among its many accomplishments, the program has facilitated the creation of a dedicated office to manage all facets of municipal risk management. The committed and trained staff members serve as liaisons t…
This brochure states that floods in Brazil pose increased risk to people, infrastructure and business. It describes how the floods affect the various regions and sectors highlighting the increased exposure to river flood and flash flood risk. It explains that the Southeastern states are particularly vulnerable also with regard to possible obstruction…
UN-DESA policy brief no. 28:
This document addresses the challenge of sustainable reconstruction for Haiti following the earthquake of 7.0 on the Richter scale in early January 2010. It targets Haiti's need to rebuild its entire economy in a sustainable manner, to such an extent that it will be more resilient to future shocks and disasters and will be…
Francisco Gaitán, alcalde de Cantarrana de Honduras sugirió hoy en Noticias AM que los países deben alertar a las comunidades sobre los desastres naturales.
Además, mencionó que es importante hacer un mapeo del lugar, advertir a la población y declarar la zona como no habitable.
Sobre este tema, Ricardo Mena de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas d…
As more buildings appear, the risk of a catastrophic collapse increases, writes Jane Qiu in Nature.
With extreme weather events becoming more common, land resources dwindling and urban development spiralling, landslides “are increasing in frequency, scope and destructive capacity”, says Sálvano Briceño, chair of the scientific committee at Integrated R…
By Sander Carpay, Sonja Bleeker, Pamela Quino Ramos, Constantino Aucca Chutas and Lukas Edbauer
What is blue-green infrastructure?
Blue-Green Infrastructure differs from the “grey” infrastructure or traditional engineering due to its natural elements, the network of measures that connect them, and the multiple ecosystem services that they pr…
This document evaluates the progress of risk management in Colombia proposes recommendations that will enable the Government to set up public policies in this area on a short-and long-term basis. It defines a set of recommendations so that disaster risk management becomes a State policy, emphasizing that improving land use and land occupation conditions…
This document presents the Malaysian economy and states that natural hazards must be managed to mitigate social and economic consequences, as Malaysian cities are especially vulnerable to floods and landslides. This reports urges cities to have adequate systems to minimize the human and economic costs of disasters. To reduce the risks related to hazards…
Changing weather patterns render past risk assessments unreliable
Following a devastating landslide in the small village of Johnsons Landing, Canada, experts urge the province British Columbia to upgrade its slide hazard mapping to account for climate change, reports The Vancouver Sun. Establishing early warning systems in the high-risk areas and distr…
RedOrbit reports that Earth-observing satellites were in the focus of discussions at the recent Understanding Risk Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. Space technology is widely used in risk mitigation and climate change adaption programs.
In collaboration with the World Bank, The European Space Agency has set up five pilot projects for urban risk assess…
The Climate Change Adaptation Planning in Latin American and Caribbean Cities project is designed to inform policy making and climate change adaptation planning in small and medium-sized cities. The focus is on floods and landslides, which are two of the most common climate-related risks in cities across the Latin America and Caribbean region. This repo…
This report documents three case studies conducted in Bolivia, Colombia, and Fiji, looking at the conditions required for successful resilient development as well as issues around timing and duration. It shares learnings on resilience-building, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. This synthesis report presents a summary of the th…
The municipality of Saint Bernard is among the more than 100 cities that have signed up to the “Ten Essentials’ of the UN-ISDR global campaign “Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready”. In its commitment and advocacy on disaster risk management, disaster preparedness, and climate change adaptation, Mayor Rico Rentuza continues to take the pro…
UNESCAP News Services Media Advisory No: N/23/2010
The United Nations system and ASEAN will commemorate the 2010 International Day for Disaster Reduction, and the ASEAN Day for Disaster Management under the theme “Making Cities Resilient: My City Is Getting Ready!”
The commemorations will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2010 from 09:00-17:30 hour…
In an interview with Xinhua, Zou Ming, director of the disaster relief department of China's Civil Affairs Ministry, stated that the 'risk map' will be part of a natural disaster risk evaluation project intended to help city planners avoid locations at risk of earthquakes, floods and mudslides.