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Displaying 105 of about 236 resultsRecognizing the growing threat of hazards, the Government of Seychelles is adopting an integrated approach to sustainable development by placing more emphasis on and investing in the various adaptation strategies to be able to cope. This is the country’s first Coastal Management Plan (CMP), and it addresses the hazards affecting Seychelles’ coastal zone…
Hurricane Ike, the most destructive hurricane in Cuban history, hit the island in September 2008. Ike is estimated to be the costliest storm in Cuba, with material damages alone believed to have cost about $7.3 billion, the equivalent of 12 per cent of the country’ GDP.
This paper assesses further repercussions on the economy, linked to the inabil…
Identification and profiling of current and emerging disaster risks is essential to inform effective disaster risk management practice. Without clear evidence, readiness to accept future threats is low, resulting in decreased ability to detect and anticipate these new threats. A consequential decreased strategic planning for mitigation, adaptation or re…
This DRR guide for public education provides advice on what to do in case of various emergencies due to natural hazards. It aims to support disaster management practitioners and non-specialists to build a culture of safety, develop public awareness campaigns, and contribute to the creation of educational resources.
These key action messages for familie…
The project ‘Strengthening resilience and coping capacities in the Caribbean through integrated early warning systems’ was aimed at reducing the vulnerability of communities facing multiple hazard risks in Caribbean small islands. This goal was achieved by helping communities become better informed about risks and their vulnerabilities. In order to impr…
Early detection of the onset of a caldera collapse can provide crucial information to understand their formation and thus to minimize risks for the nearby population and visitors. Here, we analysed the 2007 caldera collapse of Piton de la Fournaise on La Réunion Island recorded by a broadband seismic station. We show that this instrument recorded ultra-…
The Caribbean region is highly prone to natural hazards such as hurricanes, floods, volcanic and seismic activities, droughts and forest fires. The increasing impact of global climate change and the risk posed by a range of natural, environmental and technological hazards are among the Caribbean’s most critical development problems. The past decades hav…
This brief discusses the establishment of a geospatial database to help Maldives integrate climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in development planning.
It explains how technical assistance helped build a geospatial database on coastal and marine ecosystems and how climate risk screening was tested on selected development projects. It…
This paper demonstrates pathways for building on the resources, networks, and latent capacities of urban informality to enhance the climate resilience of urban systems, using post-disaster case study research from two Pacific Small Island Developing States to illustrate conceptual and practical opportunities for urban planning to engage constructively w…
This case study focuses on the context of Guatemala City, in particular its informal settlements. It explores how a disaster risk reduction (DRR) project, Barrio Mio, is working in this complex urban environment and how this project developed following a similar response, known as the Katye project, implemented after the 2010 Port-au-Prince Earthquak…
When shocks strike, they have an immediate and direct impact on life, income, and assets. Two strands of literature can be usefully brought together to generate some initial indicative estimates of the timing of a shock’s impacts, and thus the likely benefit of acting early to mitigate these impacts: i) post-disaster and vulnerability assessments that e…
To create an enabling environment for dialogue on risk financing strategies and to further the understanding of disaster risk, national risk profiles have been developed for eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The risk profiles provide visual information and data on the hazards, exposure, and risk for multiple hazards in each country. The profiles pr…
In the United States, recent hurricanes, wildfires, and flooding have highlighted the challenges the federal government faces in responding effectively to natural disasters. The 2017 and 2018 hurricanes and wildfires affected millions of individuals and caused billions of dollars in damages. In March 2019, the Midwest experienced historic flooding that…
With more than 90% of its population exposed to natural disasters, Haiti is an extremely vulnerable country. The purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate potential project risks for the Agricultural and Agroforestry Technological Program — PITAG in Haiti, which is managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Develop…
Major earthquakes can cause land to sink and sea level to rise at a pace greater than the threat of climate-related rise, and may continue for decades after, new research reveals.
The finding will help earthquake-prone regions across the world build resilience for the future and adapt to minimise the long-term impact of sea level change fo…