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Displaying 15 of about 104 resultsStatus: Floods detected in agricultural and urban areas
Further actions(s): Continue monitoring
Date of assessment validity: 5 August 2020
Preliminary observations, impact, and severity:
Floodwaters detected in both AOIs Severe impact to the agricultural field can be observed in AOI2 as of 03 August 2020
Many houses are inundated or surrounded by…
Southern China has been experiencing record floods since June 2020, which lead to heavy economic and human life losses. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) aboard satellites can not only penetrate cloud cover but also image day and night, and hence is the choice of sensor for flood mapping.
Taking full advantage of Sentinel-1A and 1B satellites of the Europ…
The brochure describes how the EO4SD CR cluster supported ARC’s Africa RiskView (ARV) tool, combining EO data and population vulnerability data to create an early-warning model that measures food insecurity as well as estimating response costs, helping decision-makers to make early and effective interventions. This included making an on-demand flood map…
Beledweyne, the largest city of Hishabelle State of Somalia, has constantly suffered from devastating floods. Over the past decade, floods have increased in magnitude and recurrence, reaching alarming levels by 2019, where 68% of the city was flooded. This study has been conceived as a first step to explore long-term solutions to make the city of Beledw…
Climate change has increased the likelihood of the occurrence of disasters like wildfires, floods, storms, and landslides worldwide in the last years. Weather conditions change continuously and rapidly, and wildfires are occurring repeatedly and diffusing with higher intensity. The burnt catchments are known, in many parts of the world, as one of the ma…
Acclimatise is looking for a bright and enthusiastic graduate in Spatial Data Science and Visualisation who wants to apply their skills to climate change analytics and development of tools for international clients.
As a recent graduate with an interest in geospatial and satellite data, you will be experienced in spatial data harvesting, analysis, mod…
About Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
ADPC is an autonomous international organization with a vision to reduce disaster and climate risk impacts on communities and countries in Asia and the Pacific by working with governments, development partners, international organizations, NGOs, civil society, private sector, media, and other key stakeholders. E…
ICEM – International Centre for Environmental Management is an award-winning independent technical service centre that assists government, private sector and communities to define and implement policies for sustainable development. Established in Australia 1999, ICEM has its regional headquarters in Hanoi and is staffed by full-time international and na…
The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), established in 1986, is an Inter-Governmental Organization with headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand supporting the advancement of safer communities and sustainable development, through implementing programs that reduce the impact of disasters upon countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific. The primary…
This study provides a global estimate of the number of people who face the risk of intense fluvial, pluvial, or coastal flooding.
The findings suggest that :
The exposure of people to flood risk is substantial: We find that 2.2 billion people, or 29 percent of the world population live in areas that would experience some level of inundation dur…
WEBINAR SERIES ON GEOSCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (EPISODE NO 10)
Date: October 04 (Sunday), 2020
Time: 17:00 NPT (+5:45 GMT)
Welcome to the 10th episode of the Webinar series on GeoScience for Sustainable Development: " Sediment dynamics and connectivity drive the river hazards in the Kosi basin in the central Himalaya" this Sunday (October 04…
The School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam is organizing the Disaster, Risk and Vulnerability Conference - 2020 (DRVC 2020). In the present COVID-19 scenario the conference will be conducted through Virtual Mode on focused themes during 9–10 October and 16–17 October 2020.
The conference is in continuation of th…
WEBINAR SERIES ON GEOSCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (EPISODE NO 3)
Date: August 9 (Sunday), 2020
Time: 20:00 NPT (+5:45 GMT)
Presenter: Dr. Rama Mohan Pokhrel, Senior Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Moderator: Asst. Prof. Dr. Basanta Raj Adhikari, Department of Civil Engineering, IOE Pulchow…
#OSMGeoweek is an international event celebrated every year by teachers, students, community groups, and map enthusiasts around the world.
NAXA together with the Institute of Himalayan Risk Reduction (IHRR) is organizing a 3 days Mapathon event to celebrate #OSMGeoweek2020. We will also be organizing both theoretical and practical sessions on Open Mapp…
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Asia and the Pacific (Affiliated to the United Nations) are launching a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on “Geospatial Applications for Disaster Risk Management”. This MOOC is a free and flexible online training programme available…