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Displaying 90 of about 988 resultsThis report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Tonga, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as drought, earthquake, cyclone, tsunami and volcano. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an eva…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Costa Rica, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, land slide, earthquake and volcano. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an evalua…
This report by the UK Natural Hazard Working Group advises on the mechanisms that could and should be established for the detection and early warning of global physical natural hazards. It presents Group’s endorsement of the view expressed at the Kobe World Conference on Disaster Reduction (Jan 2005) that there is a clear need for a sustainable and effe…
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Los efectos acumulados de todos los eventos asociados tanto a la erupción del volcán Pacaya como de la tormenta tropical Ágatha ocurridos inmediatamente después de la erupción, los incidentes de deslizamientos, inundaciones y destrucción asociada a eventos de lluvias extraordinarias y las tormentas y depresiones tropicales ocurridas entre m…
This report provides an overview of UK’s involvement in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) and discusses projects related to risk assessment (earthquake, volcano, landslide and flood), mitigation, warning and international cooperation. It includes overall evaluation and programme of future IDNDR activities.
This report describes country’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as earthquake, tsunami, volcano, wildfire, landslide and flood, and presents governmental structures responsible for disaster management in Indonesia. It presents the major activities and accomplishments in disaster reduction during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Red…
This report presents country’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as cyclone, flood, earthquake, volcano, storm, storm surge and landslide, and describes governmental and institutional structures responsible for disaster management in the Philippines.
The report discusses major activities and accomplishments in disaster reduction during the Inter…
Minor earthquakes have recently rocked Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano and it has been giving off gas, ash, and glowing hot rocks. Experts are worried about mudflows (debris flows / lahars), that may occur when volcanic ash is mixed with water near the top of the volcano.
"Thinking about them as mud is technically accurate, but conceptually it's more lik…
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Los grandes cataclismos capturan nuestras fantasías y temores al dejar en evidencia lo vulnerables que somos. Pero hay cientos de pequeñas amenazas cotidianas con las que nos hemos acostumbrado a vivir, que provocan más muertos y más daño que las mega-tragedias naturales explotadas por el cine y la TV. En esta interesante columna, Vicente S…
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Il Dipartimento della Protezione Civile comunica che l’ufficio di presidenza della Commissione Nazionale per la Previsione e la Prevenzione dei Grandi Rischi - formato dal Presidente, Luciano Maiani, dal Presidente emerito, Giuseppe Zamberletti, e dal Vicepresidente, Mauro Rosi - ha rassegnato questa mattina le dimissioni al Presidente del…
Manchester-based Volcanologists have developed a method and camera that could help reduce the dangers, health risks and travel impacts of ash plumes during a volcanic eruption.
Ash is sometimes seen as a secondary danger in volcanoes when compared to more visual hazards, such as lava and pyroclastic flows. However, ash can have a major impact on human…
By Jian Vun, Zuzana Stanton-Geddes, Sri Probo Sudarmo, Jolanta Kryspin-Watson
Imagine that you live near one of 127 active volcanoes in Indonesia, threatened by the next eruption that could endanger your family. Imagine that your house stands in one of the most seismically-active zones in the world, or that your…
Los habitantes de Ecatzingo llevan todas las de perder dada su ubicación geográfica, que les coloca como el municipio más lejano, a ello se suma que sólo cuentan con una ruta de evacuación en mal estado y forzosamente deben acercarse al cono volcánico en caso de que se ordene una evacuación, por la actividad eruptiva del volcán Popocatépetl. Entre 10 mi…
This publication discusses several cases of collaborations between various stakeholders to achieve resilience to disaster risk. In fact it explains how collaboration among business, government and NGOs could be the key to living with turbulence and change in the 21st Century These collaborations combine the capacities, talents, reach and resou…
This publication outlines the experiences of the six Caribbean countries which participated in a process to adapt and implement the Cuban Risk Reduction Management Centre model. The publication shares the stories and lessons learned by a diverse set of stakeholders as they engaged in south-south cooperation as a tool for strengthening their disaster ris…