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Displaying 21 of about 21 resultsThe Domain Committee on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction at the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) has the honor to announce the 2nd IFIP Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction (ITDRR 2017), October 25 - 27th, 2017, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Canadian assessment of natural hazards project, ICLR research paper series – number 48:
This document aims to inform people about the risks they face, some of the ways to adapt to them and actions that can be taken to reduce vulnerability to them. It is intended for Canadians—political leaders and bureaucrats, business leaders and the public—to better…
Background:
In 2011, the United States experienced twelve $1 billion dollar weather and climate disasters. Globally, weather and climate disasters (Figure 1) contributed to more than one-third of a trillion dollars in damage. The scientific literature and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have independently suggested that intensity a…
This study used extreme value theory to estimate the impact of tornado outbreaks on fatalities while accounting for climate and demographic factors. The majority of tornado fatalities occur during severe thunderstorm occurrences that produce a large number of tornadoes, termed tornado outbreaks. In the United States, tornadoes threaten human health…
Addressing security experts attending the second annual Maritime Risk Symposium, Admiral Thad Allen didn’t downplay the need to keep preparing for disasters, reports Carl Blesch for Rutgers. But he focused on the concept of resiliency – the ability to act when things don’t go as planned. "I talk about black swan problems," he explains, "A black swan is…
Jefferson city - Gov. Jay Nixon today announced an investment of $16.5 million in federal National Emergency Grant (NEG) funding to create temporary jobs for workers in 29 Missouri counties affected by tornadoes, floods and severe storms last year. Using these funds, the Missouri Disaster Recovery Jobs Program will create 1,347 additional temporary job…