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Y a-t-il réellement davantage d'événements naturels
• Allocution d’ouverture
- Vers une intensification et une multiplication des événements naturels dans les prochaines années ?
- Quelles répercussions des changements climatiques sur l’économie mondiale
- Comment climatologues et assureurs peuvent-ils nouer des relations pour mieux préveni…
Course contents
• Basic terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction: hazard, disaster, risk, vulnerability, capacity, coping capacity, disaster risk reduction, disaster risk management, mitigation, preparedness, prevention, early warning, recovery, response, emergency management
• Hazards in Bangladesh: Flood, cyclone, tornado, river bank erosion, earthquak…
From May 30th to June 3rd 2016, the Disabled People’s Organization of Quang Tri province conducted a Training of Trainers (ToT) course on disability inclusive community-based disaster risk management (DiCBDRM) for 15 participants in Dong Ha, Quang Tri province. The participants were persons working in the fields of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and disa…
Government spending on natural disasters is on the rise. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s largest disaster assistance program had eight of its most expensive years in the decade from 2007 to 2016. Congress and the Trump administration are considering ways to control rising costs, but they are doing so without comprehensive data on the contribut…
Societal interest in tornadoes has increased over the past few years largely due to the loss of life and catastrophic damages of recent events. In the United States the 2011 and 2013 tornado seasons were particularly bad for the large impacts on society.
Using new radar technology and extensive field programs scientists have gained a considerable under…
Scope
The scope of the conference covers all aspects of severe convective storms. Researchers, operational forecasters, and risk and emergency managers are invited to submit contributions. In light of the global relevance of the conference themes, participants from all over the world are encouraged to attend. These are the conference topics (and tentat…
For many residents of Joplin, Missouri, May 22, 2011, started out like any other Sunday. People attended church services and ate at restaurants with friends and family. Thousands gathered for a high school graduation ceremony.
But as the atmosphere swirled above, catastrophe brewed.
Late in the afternoon, a tornado rated as the most intense on t…
Background
Habitat for Humanity International is a non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. The purpose and goal of Habitat for Humanity International is to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to…
The National Plan for Disaster Management of Guinea provides a comprehensive evaluation of country’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as tornado, flood, drought, earthquake, landslide and wildfire. It presents general concept and objectives of the action plan on disaster management and describes institutional framework at all levels.
The documen…
This review paper presents the chronology and frequency of tornados in Bangladesh between 1865 and 2014 to identify their destruction pattern. It demonstrates that the regularity of tornados increases the last few decades, since 1960.
The authors suggest the following measures for mitigating impacts and reducing losses:
improved weath…
PLOS Currents Disasters. 2015 Jun 29 . Edition 1.Part I: doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.a7657429d6f25f02bb5253e551015f0fPart II: doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.f2e5b9e979af6174d2f97c1f0349be5cPart III: doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.b305fe1b479528fda724c6f84f546471Part IV: doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.ce3fad537bd666770a649a076ee71ba4:
This four-part study examines Twitt…
In GriffithREVIEW edition 35 - Surviving:
Using as an example the 4 May 2007 tornado that levelling 95 per cent of the town of Greensburg, Kansas, and killing eleven of its fourteen hundred residents, this essay addresses the balance between the need to reflect and learn from catastrophe and the desire to start over and rebuild as quickly as possible…
This issue reports on the most catastrophic events of 2011, which has been the most expensive natural disaster year to date with economic losses amounting to some US$ 380bn. It focuses on the 11 March 2011 Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident; and sheds light on background factors of the hazard posed by geophysical risks. It then reports on…
This UNU-EHS InterSections underlines the need to access the topic of early warning from different viewpoints as a way to provide policy relevant advice concerning early warning systems to Member States, and to contribute to the efforts of the United Nations in addressing international cooperation and development of generally applicable standards. This…
This event features senior elected officials and national experts in emergency management and disaster safety. Topics addressed will include challenges faced by low-income populations during disasters, affordable housing mitigation technology, evacuation planning for low-income populations, best practices for communicating disaster preparedness, and leg…