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Displaying 15 of about 473 resultsThe health effects on local residents following a nuclear power plant accident are diverse, not only because of radiation exposure but also because of changes in lifestyle and social environment. It has also been indicated that various environmental changes that could emerge during the restoration process may affect residents in various ways over a long…
Society’s dependence on cloud computing has grown rapidly as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digital transformation. Although cybersecurity incidents dominate discussions about risk, residual risks remain. Such risks might stem from natural disasters or operational issues. This paper takes a broad perspective to identify the potential for residual…
On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion in the Port of Beirut (PoB) rocked the city, killing more than 200 people, wounding more than 6,000, and displacing around 300,000. The detonations all but destroyed the country’s largest port, one of the busiest in the Middle East and most of Lebanon’s grain reserves. The city’s dense residential and commercial ar…
Could rising seas contribute to undermining coastal buildings around the world?
Some environmental experts link collapse to climate change
Concern could prompt tougher coastal building regulations
Climate-focused regulatory update seen long overdue
NEW YORK - Concerns that rising sea levels and extreme weather may have played a role in the collap…
Six years of fighting in eastern Ukraine have brought to the fore-front the risks presented by industrial and ecological hazards, in addition to the population vulnerability induced by the conflicts. Unless appropriate steps are taken, the flooding of mines and shelling that regularly occurs close to chemical facilities and key water infrastructures hav…
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Débattre des avancées en matière de prévention des risques technologiques et se tenir informé. Rencontrer les acteurs majeurs et participer à la mise en place d’une culture du risque. Tels sont les objectifs des Assises Nationales des Risques Technologiques.
Cette journée de rencontres est devenue depuis sa création en 2004, la manifestation…
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The Congress aims to address current issues related to the field of disasters risk management. Based on the themes, 4 events are distributed, which will be chaired by leading professionals:
• Symposium on Risk Management for Natural Disasters Reduction.
• Workshop on Technological Disasters Risk Management.
• Workshop on Sanitary Disaster Risk…
Over the years the need has surfaced for a more Caribbean focused conference on all possible disaster hazards. This conference seeks to bring together government agencies, academic institutions, and private sector for information exchange, dialogue and development of methods and practice to reduce the harmful impacts of hazards and disasters in the Cari…
The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties will take place on 28-30 November 2016 in Ljubljana, Slovenia and will provide an opportunity to review the work under the Convention and to determine future directions and priorities.
Intended Audience
Parties from member states.
Objectives
Key decisions to be taken by the ninth meeting of the Conf…
The IFIP Domain Committee on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction (DCITDRR) has the honor to announce the First IFIP Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction (ITDRR 2016), November 16 - 18th, 2016, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
ITDRR-2016 provides an international forum for researchers an…
The 8th edition of this international conference, themed 'Environmental legislation, safety engineering and disaster management' (ELSEDIMA), sets the following as high priority: Environmental risk reduction, environmental safety management, natural hazards trigger technological accidents (NATECH), critical infrastructure protection, energy, environment,…
Cities depend on complex and interconnected systems of infrastructure, services, communications and social interactions, making them more vulnerable to the impacts of hazards and climate change. It is therefore critical that people, businesses, institutions, and systems in urban areas have greater capacity to prepare, respond, adapt and thrive despite s…
The IDRC Davos 2014 will address the numerous interconnected, complex and emerging risks today's societies are faced with. Environmental, technical, social and economic risks are often closely linked and can result in successive impact. Risks and disasters explored at the IDRC Davos 2014 include, amongst others, natural hazards, failures of critical inf…
This manual is the first concrete step in education designed for the entire population, and was created in order to enable citizens to easily access basic information useful for behavior in emergency situations. It is simple and provides basic guidelines and rules of conduct in any type of danger. It lists numerous examples of conduct in emergency situa…
For primary school children, featuring Stan the dog and five children - Dan, Ana, Frankie, Matt and Beth - who model what to do in an emergency, around the 4 "Rs" of emergency management (reduction, readiness, response, recovery). This resource has three components, each of which can be used independently or in conjunction with each other: a guide for t…