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For several years, the Google Flood Forecasting Initiative has been working with governments to develop systems that predict when and where flooding will occur—and keep people safe and informed.
Much of this work is centered on India, where floods are a serious risk for hundreds of millions of people. Today, we’re providing a…
UNOSAT is the operational satellite applications programme of UNITAR, promoting evidence-based decision making for peace, security and resilience by using geospatial information technologies (GIT). One of UNOSAT’s main strategic objectives is to build and develop capacities of Member States to use earth observation (EO…
GEM has been making contributions to COVID-19 disaster management as well as seeking ways to leverage GEM's work to benefit the disaster management community. To this date, GEM has provided social vulnerability data on the availability of hospital facilities and beds in Latin America (based on SARA and CCARA projects) at the request of the USAID office…
Pavia. The GEM Foundation released today several national and regional earthquake hazard and risk models, and global model digital data products in the observance of this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction theme - the role of national and local disaster risk reduction strategies on good disaster risk governance.
The models are compose…
Suva – Pacific island countries are seeking to broaden and strengthen their disaster risk financing strategies as a key element of addressing the ongoing Climate Emergency.
With climate change remaining the biggest threat – even in the era of a pandemic – there is a pressing need for countries to invest in financial protection measures to enable quic…
Research seminar and pilot testing of technologies for post-earthquake damage assessments #JEMER2020 is organized within the framework of the XIV Conference on safety, emergencies and disasters of the University of Malaga.
The main objective of this seminar is to share experiences of damage assessment teams, action protocols, evaluation forms, scientif…
GIRD 2020 - Giornata Internazionale per la Riduzione dei Disastri is the main annual event on Disaster Risk Reduction in Italy. Organized by the Corpo Italiano di San Lazzaro, the high level panel is a meeting point for citizens, institutions and experts about prevention and civil protection.
In the spirit of the United Nations' IDDR, the eve…
WEBINAR SERIES ON GEOSCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (EPISODE NO 9)
Date: September 20 (Sunday), 2020
Time: 17:00 NPT (+5:45 GMT)
“Importance of GeoScience for Sustainable Infrastructure Development”
Registration Link
Presenter: Mr. Shyam Ghimire, Principal Engineering Geologist, Geotechnical Engineering Manager, Australia
Moderator: A…
This webinar will develop the following key topics:
Frontier Technologies in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management –Uttam Pudasaini, GIS Analyst and UAV Specialist, CoFounder NAXA, Nepal Flying Labs, IHRR
Drones for Glacial Mapping – Assoc. Prof. Rijan Bhakta Kayastha, Department of Environmental & Science Engineering, School of Science, KU, Dh…
In this study, we examine whether updating an interactive hazard map using recommendations from the literature improves user map comprehension. Analyses of experimental data collected from 75 university students revealed that map comprehension scores were not significantly better for those who viewed a “best practices” map compared to those who viewed a…
Community wildfire preparedness programs are an important means of protecting residents living in hazardous areas like the wildland-urban interface. Different programs rely on various sets of drivers, such as legal enforcement or engaged citizens. In this research, sociopolitical motivations and barriers for participation are evaluated in a state-recomm…
This study investigates the spatio-temporal distribution of earthquake events taking place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its effect on the population. In this study seven parameters are used for generation of a hazard map; this includes geology, soil, slope, land use, historical earthquake events, fault line, and roads. GIS weighted overlay…
This article identifies potential flood hazard areas through multi‐criteria analysis in Allahabad district, India. The study has incorporated eight criteria, namely, flow accumulation, draining capability, elevation, groundwater depth, land use, runoff coefficient, slope, and geology for preparing hazard index.
The authors suggest that the GIS‐based…
Global floodplain mapping has rapidly progressed over the past few years. Different methods have been proposed to identify areas prone to flooding, resulting into a plethora of freely available products. Here the paper assesses the potential and limitations of two main paradigms, and provide guidance on the use of these global products in assessing floo…
This study therefore tests an innovative approach of volunteer citizen science and an open mapping platform to build resilience to natural hazards in the remote mountainous parts of western Nepal. In this study, citizen scientists and mapping experts jointly mapped two districts of Nepal (Bajhang and Bajura) using the OpenStreetMap (OSM) platform.
The…