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Displaying 15 of about 53 resultsNAIROBI/GENEVA, 13 February 2012 - In advance of critical rainfall forecasts for the Horn of Africa, the UN office for disaster risk reduction, UNISDR, today announced a partnership with the WMO-supported African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) to ensure rapid dissemination of weather updates to disaster managers.
Pedro Ba…
GENEVA, 31 October 2012 - UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlstrom spoke to the opening session of this week's extraordinary session of the World Meteorological Congress which is discussing the implementation plan and governance model for the Global Framework for Climate Services.
Ms. Wahlstrom congratulated the World Meteorological Organization on the initiat…
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The United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), which was established in 1971 based on an agreement between the Government of Japan and the United Nations, promotes sustainable regional development in developing countries. UNCRD’s Disaster Management Planning Programme has been one of the core issues for sustainable regional deve…
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…
LocationPeterborough, OntarioDegreeCertificateDescriptionIn Canada, the focus of emergency planning is on natural or human-caused disasters, such as flooding, railroad or highway accidents involving hazardous chemicals, or problems with the watersource that endanger health, such as Walkerton. International terrorism is also a consideration. Duties of th…
Convincing individuals to embark on activities that would reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards is difficult, especially in communities that have not recently experienced the impact of natural hazards. This research investigated risk knowledge and interpretation in the South African community in Auckland.
The research confirmed the subjectivity…
This review analyses some of the major events and trends related to natural disasters and humanitarian disaster response and looks at the experience of developed countries with natural disasters in 2011. Highlighting evidences from the Japanese earthquake-tsunami-nuclear accident, the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, floods in Australia, and tor…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Panama during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s recent experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as earthquake, tsunami, volcano, flood, tornado, landslide and forest fire, also pres…
Countries most affected in the period of 1990-2008: Bangladesh, Myanmar and Honduras have been identified to be the most affected. They are followed by Viet Nam and Nicaragua, Haiti and India The map shows the ten most affected countries (Down 10), with their average ranking (CRI score) and the specific results in the four indicators analysed.
The Glob…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in United States, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, earthquake, cyclone, tsunami, tornado and volcano. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report…
Un rapport a été publié par l’institut national d’études démographique sur la hausse de la population mondiale d’ici 2050. Cette hausse démographique aura un impact sur plusieurs territoires après les catastrophes naturelles subies selon Témoignages.
Le rapport de l’INED met en avant le besoin de se préparer aux changements climatiques qui ont pour co…
The IRCD Researchers Meeting, a partnership between the International Sociological Association's International Research Committee on Disasters and the Natural Hazards Center, follows the main Hazards Workshop. For more information on the IRCD, please visit their RC-39 Web site here: http://www.isa-sociology.org/rc39.htm.
This map shows the worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes that occurred between 1980 and 2014, based on the data from NatCatSERVICE, and gives overviews of overall and insured losses.
With more than 25,000 entries, NatCatSERVICE is one of the leading global databases for natural catastrophes. Every year between 800 and 1,000 loss events are rec…
By Karina M. Tehusijarana
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"We predict that in 2019, over 2,500 natural disaster will occur across Indonesia," National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told reporters on Monday. "Hydrometeorological disasters such as floods, landslides and puting beliung [small tornadoes] will continue to domina…
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…