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Displaying 120 of about 259 resultsThis abstract book of the Second World Landslide Forum reviews 29 sessions addressing: landslides and land-use systems, food security, wild fires, extreme weather, GIS applications developments, socio-economic impact, transportation network and lifelines, policies, urban risk reduction, early warnings and emergency plans, training and capacity developme…
This report is a synthesis of a risk assessment study of South Asian Region (SAR) countries. The study gives an overview of the SAR hazard risk and vulnerability assessment providing a major natural hazard risk overview and vulnerability assessment. It considers the potential impact of climate change on the SAR countries and provides a social and econom…
This booklet is a practical, and easy to comprehend, assistance manual for citizens to be prepared for emergency situations.
This document is a Russian contribution to the implementation of IDNDR programmes.
GENEVA, 15 February 2017 – Three cutting-edge plans to harness the power of technology and curb the threats posed by hazards such as floods and epidemics have been shortlisted for an international award that will be presented at the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
After intense deliberations over the ten best entrants, the jury of the…
Cities are at the forefront of understanding risks and devising ways to manage them. Cities worldwide are grappling with the impacts of climate change. Extreme weather events are on the rise, putting dense urban centers with their high concentrations of people and capital, in the line of fire. Cities, however, also hold one of the keys to protecti…
The Arab region joins the rest of the world in facing an increase in natural hazards. The region is characterized by its harsh environment and has limited resilience to natural hazards events, which results in an increase in the number of natural disasters in the region. These disasters result from a group of factors including the increase in population…
Historic urban areas and their territorial settings are irreplaceable and highly complex cultural resources that have evolved over time and contain various heritage components and systems such as traditional housing, urban spaces, ecological features such as water systems and intangible components such as rituals and social activities that have sustaine…
The EGU General Assembly 2013 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world into one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. Especially for young scientists, it is the aim of the EGU to provide a forum where they can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geosciences.
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Case histories on failures and remediation of slopes, dams, embankments and landfills, including those on landslides and other mass movements (debris flows, mudslides in California, Venezuela and elsewhere) due to rain, flooding, earthquakes, anthropological and other causative factors and failure; static liquefaction of tailing dams…
This document aims to succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Papua New Guinea (PNG). This includes rapid onset and long-term changes in key climate parameters, as well as impacts of these changes on communities, livelihoods and economies, many of which are already underway. This is a high-level synthesis of existing research and analyses, focus…
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The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), established in 1986, is a regional non-profit foundation with headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand supporting the advancement of safer communities and sustainable development, through implementing programs that reduce the impact of disasters upon countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific. T…
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 atlas provides visual evidence of the extent and severity of the changes taking place in Kenya’s wetlands spanning thirty years, mostly occasioned by intense detrimental human activities. It is the first major publication depicting the dynamics in Kenya’s wetlands using satellite imagery. The site-specific, side-by-side display of “before and after…
This issue focuses on urban resilience and looks at recent occurrences of weather-related events causing widespread devastation and misery, including floods, typhoons and wildfires in Australia, severe winter weather in Colombia, snowstorms in Estonia and Scotland, hundreds of people and thousands of buildings lost to flash floods and mudslides in Brazi…
Responding to a G20 mandate, this publication brings together the experiences of G20 countries in protecting their populations and assets against natural hazards, recognizing the urgent need to integrate risk consideration at all levels of development planning in order to increase the resilience of communities and national economies. Looking at the need…