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Displaying 15 of about 46 resultsThis Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Educational Kit (NDRR) in Arabic has been developed with the view to enhancing the coping capabilities of disaster prone communities in the Arab States region as well as the dissemination of the technical knowledge in natural disaster reduction to build the capacities of educational institutions, students, and teache…
The theme of the 9th APRU Research Symposium on multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim is “integrated management and perspective strategy for reducing risk of multi-hazards”. Scholars and experts from around the Pacific Rim and APRU universities will share and exchange inter-disciplinary knowledge on multi-hazard researches. In the two-day symposium, disc…
The scientific program of IUGG 2011 includes symposia, poster presentations and workshops on a wide range of themes related to geophysics and geodesy, including:
- Hydrological Sciences
- Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
- Physical Sciences of the Oceans
- Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior
- Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Inte…
El Atlas de riesgo de Colombia ha sido elaborado por la Unidad Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres, entidad líder en el país en la temática de gestión del riesgo, e INGENIAR: Risk Intelligence. Este producto surge ante la necesidad de avanzar en el conocimiento del riesgo a nivel nacional y regional, teniendo en cuenta que la misión de la entida…
This report by the UK Natural Hazard Working Group advises on the mechanisms that could and should be established for the detection and early warning of global physical natural hazards. It presents Group’s endorsement of the view expressed at the Kobe World Conference on Disaster Reduction (Jan 2005) that there is a clear need for a sustainable and effe…
This report presents country’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as cyclone, flood, earthquake, volcano, storm, storm surge and landslide, and describes governmental and institutional structures responsible for disaster management in the Philippines.
The report discusses major activities and accomplishments in disaster reduction during the Inter…
The final report of the ESPON 1.3.1 Hazards project shows the spatial patterns of natural and technological hazards in Europe as an overview on all NUTS3 areas and identifies possible impacts of climate change on selected natural hazards. The approach of the project was to use existing results of hazard research and to combine those in such a way, that…
Disaster Risk Management Working Paper Series, no. 5.
This paper examines the ways in which natural resources management and environmental degradation affect natural hazard risk, and makes a preliminary assessment of the importance of such linkages and the extent of their incorporation into disaster mitigation strategies and activities. The analysis is…
Catarman, Northern Samar - The National Disaster Coordinating Council launched yesterday a Hazard Mapping and Assessment for Effective Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (READY) Project at Ibabao Hall, Provincial Capitol Building, Catarman, Northern Samar.
The launching was attended by NDCC-OCD Executive Officer Maj. Gen. Glenn J. Rabonza, Region…
The Catanduanes Tribune profiles a mapping initiative enabling residents and investors of 4 Filipino cities to know whether their project sites are sitting on a fault line or exposed to possible geologic hazards. The initiative intends to assist government planners and policy makers in identifying hazard areas prone to flooding, landslides, sea level ri…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
GENEVA, 23 July 2018 – The soaring rise in economic losses from extreme weather events fueled by climate change will be the focus of this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction on October 13.
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, said today: “Economic losses from disasters in low and middle-…
This publication provides a view of New Zealand’s major hazard events of 2009, and the work of the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA), GNS Science and other organizations in their efforts to reduce the risks and mitigate the effects of natural hazards, in New Zealand. It includes a description of the Natural Hazards Research P…
This Atlas is designed to help business, investors and international organisations compare the risks of natural hazards within 197 countries and assess their resilience during and after the occurrence of a natural hazard. The Atlas includes indices and interactive subnational maps of 12 natural hazard risks, as well as scorecards for all countries…
The shared trauma and experiences of disasters over the decades have helped shape Japan’s unique disaster culture, where all segments of society contribute to disaster prevention and mitigation. The current COVID-19 pandemic has been no exception, and under the guidance and coordination of the central government, the private sector has emerged as a key…