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Displaying 120 of about 162 resultsMayors and governors of the world’s coastal cities call relevant stakeholders, building on the «Cities Race to Resilience» campaign, to scale-up mitigation and adaptation to limit the impacts of sea level rise on cities, communities and their territories. Sea level rise, coupled with rapid urbanization, entails significant environmental, economic, socia…
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Summer heat is baking Richmond’s poorest neighborhoods, most of which are predominantly Black and Hispanic. So Richmond, with a population of 227,000, is adapting to climate disasters — mostly extreme heat, floods and droughts — with an eye toward environmental justice.
Under its “RVAgreen 2050” planning effort, the city launched a “Climate Equi…
Humans constantly face natural hazards on different scales in time and space. Geological, hydrometeorological and geophysical hazards adversely affect human life and health as well as having a dramatic impact on sustainable development of society. There exists an inherent danger to vulnerable lifelines and infrastructure such as water supply and reservo…
This response plan was developed by the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga and humanitarian and development partners, following Tropical Cyclone Winston which struck the Vava’u island group, in central Tonga, from 16-19 February 2016. It has a 6 month timeframe and aims to facilitate coordination of the humanitarian response and strengthen early recover…
This plan serves as a blueprint for coordinating and implementing mitigation programs and projects. It provides a list of hazards that are of concern to the Town of Lincoln, mitigation goals, and related actions. Hazard mitigation planning is a process in which hazards are identified and profiled, people and facilities at risk are assessed for threat an…
The trees would "fight storms, tidal surges, floods and droughts" in a "natural way" said the head of Government, Fakhruddin Ahmed.
The project was launched in the capital, Dhaka, on Saturday. Mr. Fakhruddin Ahmed appealed to all Bangladeshis to build "a wall of trees in the coastal belt as a strong deterrent to disaster."
Bangladesh has been victim…
This report investigates some aspects related to economics of the Sundarbans Reserve Forests (SRF), a world heritage that derives economic value from extracted goods, serves as coastal protection from cyclones, tidal surges and other 'natural' disasters, and provides livelihoods to the local and national economy. It addresses the sustainable use of the…
This journal provides an international platform for knowledge sharing in all areas related to flood risk. Its explicit aim is to disseminate ideas across the range of disciplines where flood related research is carried out and it provides content ranging from leading edge academic papers to applied content with the practitioner in mind.
Readers and aut…
This book presents diverse case studies from around the World, including many Asian countries, Africa, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Island Nations, and elsewhere.
The book's 39 chapters are organized according to seven interrelated themes including global to local scales of ICZM, human dimensions and social, physical and biologica…
This publication addresses physical and social vulnerability of Bangladesh in relation to climate change hazards, such as floods, cyclones and storm surges, tornadoes, riverbank erosion, drought and sea level rise; and their impact on education and schools reconstruction, as well as textbooks and other materials supply.
It suggests some adaptation mea…
This publication addresses physical and social vulnerability of the Maldives in relation to climate change hazards, such as sea level rise, beach erosion, storm surges and increased rainfall; and more specifically the risks to education, including the ones from tsunami.
It suggests some adaptation measures, including: (i) disaster safe school design a…
With no substantial rainfall since November 2016, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) declared a state of emergency in April 2017 due to a severe drought affecting the country. At the time eight out of the country’s 29 atolls were affected by the drought, impacting approximately 12 per cent of the overall population of RMI.
By the end of May 201…
The withe paper examines key challenges, solutions and opportunities encountered by practitioners working on the leading edge of sea level rise (SLR) adaptation efforts. Among the array of challenges and opportunities to coastal cities and towns in the United States and worldwide, it considers: funding mechanisms, multiple socio-economic and environment…
By Andrew R.C. Marshall
Tacloban - Dead bodies clog the basement of the Tacloban City Convention Centre. The dazed evacuees in its sports hall are mostly women and children. The men are missing.
That so few men made it to this refuge shows how dimly aware they were of the threat posed by Typhoon Haiyan, which crashed into the central Philippines on Fr…
New York – Over the last three decades, economic losses associated with natural disasters like floods, storm surges, hurricanes, and droughts have risen in lockstep with the steady climb in global temperatures. Data from a growing number of governments suggest that, so far this century, such losses have amounted to around $2.5 trillion. And, as the late…