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Displaying 15 of about 767 resultsShooter’s Hill is located in Eastern St. Andrew, approximately 6.4 km east of Kingston. The elevation of the area is approximately 50-60m above mean sea level. It lies within the Hope River Watershed Management Unit (WMU) of the Kingston Hydrologic Basin.The Water Resources Authority (WRA) was asked by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency M…
Funding to support developing countries taking action on climate change and responding to reduce exposure to disaster risk is projected to dramatically increase in the coming years. However, this increase in opportunities is being matched by an equally dramatic increase in complexity for access. The range of sources, each with their own set of rules and…
Join us from around the world. UR2020 will be fully virtual. This means that we can be more global than we’ve ever been! The Main Event, which will include keynotes, plenaries, Ignites, and other exciting surprises, will take place primarily on Tuesday, December 1, at a time period to be determined. Other plenaries will also be featured on Wednesday, De…
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…
The Second 'Urban Resilience Asia Pacific' Conference has been designed to address the critical themes of 'Readiness', 'Security' and 'Transparency' in Urban Resilience keeping in mind the exhaseration due to the ongoing crises of a global pandemic with a focus on Asia Pacific, the fastest urbanising region of the world.
The conference will be hosted o…
In recent weeks, stay-home COVID-19 mandates have pushed crowds of people to work from home, often for the first time. Workers have turned to communication platforms such as Zoom, Webex, Hangouts and Skype, as well as simpler ones like email and file sharing.
Training and experience have prepared established online professionals for cyber-attacks. But…
WCDM-2020 succeeds four earlier editions of World Congress on Disaster Management held under the auspices of DMICS to discuss some of the challenging issues of reducing risks and building resilience to disasters in communities, countries and regions.
Each edition brought together scientists, researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the…
Developing countries, emerging economies, and investment banks are investing billions in durable infrastructure every year. However, they often fail to take account of future climate change in their planning. As a result, new infrastructure projects (e.g. from the agriculture, transportation, or energy sector) are being implemented without consideration…
Public On-Line Forum/Panel Discussion
8 October 2020, noon to 2PM EDT
Extreme weather events, including tornadoes, floods, ice storms, hurricanes, droughts and blizzards, are a major risk to life, property and the economy in Canada. The risks are changing as climate changes. The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) is pleased…
English and Spanish Interpretation available!
Millions of people are falling back into poverty each year due to shocks ranging from both localized severe weather to major disaster events including drought, floods and storms and, as demonstrated by COVID-19, pandemic and epidemic disease.
Environmental changes driven by climate change and unsustainable…
Join hundreds of engaged planners, engineers, policy-makers researchers, students, and citizens for a fabulous online event series Understanding Risk BC (URBC) 2020! This summer and fall, URBC 2020 is offering an amazing mix of online events that foster place-based risk reduction strategies. Each session contributes to enhancing resilience and impr…
Disasters and emergencies are becoming increasingly widespread and costly, causing great harm to many people. Their socio-economic repercussions reach far beyond their epicenters by means of migration as well as economic and environmental interconnectedness. There are many ethical issues and dilemmas related to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). How these a…
The Second International Conference on Urban Risks (ICUR2020) will be held in Lisbon on June 23-25, 2020. ICUR2020 is a bilingual event and it is devoted to all professionals involved in urban risks issues such as policy makers, geographers, urban planners, engineers, civil protection technicians, researchers as well as stakeholders with responsibilitie…
Drought is one of the main natural causes of agricultural, economic, and environmental damage. The effects of drought on the environment and agriculture are evident after a long period with a shortage of precipitation, making it very difficult to determine the onset of drought, its extent and end.
The EO time-series datasets can build understanding abo…
Earth Observation (EO) data and services are vital tools for the water sector, supporting flood events, and conducting wetland inventory status in rural and urban areas. EO provides valuable information (Flood extent, historical flood events etc.) with the aim to assist authorities to prepare the most effective actions to manage flood risk and develop p…