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Displaying 30 of about 68 resultsThe current COVID-19 response has required changes in workloads, work venues as well as physical distancing practices worldwide. This may create ambiguity or confusion with regards to warning services and tsunami response actions, like evacuation. This document clarifies the status of the regional tsunami services, as well as suggests best practices for…
This research presents a case study of a two-phased citizen science initiative related to tsunami preparedness and response, undertaken between 2015 and 2016 in Orewa, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Phase One was a citizen-initiated, co-developed survey on tsunami preparedness and intended response. Phase Two was a joint citizen and agency-facilitated…
This study evaluates the impact of “group subsidies,” a policy intervention to repair and reinstall damaged capital goods and facilities of small and medium-sized enterprises after the Great East Japan earthquake.
A positive effect of the subsidies on small recipient firms’ postdisaster sales and employment was found in the study. There was also a posi…
Hybrid approaches to mitigating tsunami risk combine vegetation (green element) with traditional engineering components (grey elements) to maximize protection and other benefits. While hybrid approaches like tsunami mitigation parks are being built worldwide, our understanding of the protective benefits they provide and our ability to optimally design t…
More than 700 million people live in low-lying coastal areas and Small Island Developing States, exposed to extreme sea-level events including tsunamis. Globally, in the past 100 years, 143 tsunamis have been recorded in the NOAA database of natural hazards, causing more than 300.000 victims.
5 November was designated in 2015 as World Tsunami Awareness…
The Status of Science and Technology report is an important step for monitoring the progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework and an attempt to capture some of the progress across geographies, stakeholders, and disciplines towards the application of science and technology towards risk reduction in Asia-Pacific.
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The shared trauma and experiences of disasters over the decades have helped shape Japan’s unique disaster culture, where all segments of society contribute to disaster prevention and mitigation. The current COVID-19 pandemic has been no exception, and under the guidance and coordination of the central government, the private sector has emerged as a key…
BANGKOK – The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) launched an online Quick Risk Estimation (QRE) Tool to help small businesses and enterprises, including those in the informal sector, to better understand their exposure and vulnerability to disaster risks, especially in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Business resilience an…
Thursday, 5 November 2020
16:00 Victoria / Port Louis | 15:00 Nairobi / Antananarivo | 13:00 Yaoundé / Abuja | 12:00 Abidjan / Dakar |
Duration: 1.5 hours / Interpretation: French-English
Register here: https://undrr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cK5ILAo9RbKMT1mYdjay2A
BACKGROUND
Tsunamis are, thankfully, rare event…
The 2020 edition of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Early Warning System (CARIBE EWS) World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) Webinar will be jointly organized by UNDRR and UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission together with its regional CARIBE EWS Intergovernmental Coordination Group and Caribbean Tsunami Inf…
Recognising the importance of conducting an up-to-date capacity assessment of tsunami preparedness in the Indian Ocean 13 years after the first survey, the ICG/IOTWMS at its 11th session (Putrajaya, Malaysia, April 2017) established a Task Team on Capacity Assessment of Tsunami Preparedness (TT-CATP). The Task Team designed and conducted an online surve…
The current COVID-19 response has required changes in workloads, work venues as well as physica distancing practices worldwide. This may create ambiguity or confusion with regards to warning services and tsunami response actions, like evacuation, and the implementation of national response plans. This document clarifies the status of the regional tsunam…
This document is aimed at national authorities responsible for the organisation of tsunami warning and emergency response. It clarifies the status of the regional tsunami services for the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and connected seas and suggests best practices for local and national actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The document…
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR) represents an inclusive approach to disaster risk reduction, linked to development and recovery. Building on previous international guidelines, the SFDRR promotes practical and measurable outcomes for reducing disaster losses, including indicators to measure progress towards seven specif…
The document presents a German-Indonesian cooperation for tsunamy early warning, an initiative of the German Government to support the development of a Tsunami Early Warning Systems (TEWS) in the Indian ocean.
All TEWS activities in the Indian Ocean Region have been and are still coordinated by an Intergovernmental Coordination Group (ICG) of the…