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Displaying 75 of about 257 resultsTraditional construction methods were no match for the earthquake that rocked Morocco on Friday night, an engineering expert says, and the area will continue to see such devastation unless updated building techniques are adopted.“The most important problem here is that in that region, mud-brick construction and unreinforced masonry construction seems to…
🏆 Prizes: First Prize - $500 | Second Prize - $350 | Third Prize - $150📣Calling all young minds!📣Youth4DRR is excited to announce the launch of our essay competition, "Words of Resilience: Youth Perspectives on Urban Flood Solutions".We believe in the power of young voices to drive change and innovation! If you're aged 18-30 and a citizen of a Southeast…
The hottest summer ever recorded in the northern hemisphere is a stark reminder of the immediacy of the climate crisis.And the hardest hit by climate impacts, such as residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, are often those with the least capacity to adapt. People who live in this community are exposed to climate hazards made worse by a lack of green…
Urban areas are increasingly prone to flooding due to climate change, rising urbanization, and inadequate stormwater management. A recent paper estimated that 1.81 billion people, or 23% of the world population, are directly exposed to a 1-in-100-year flood event, posing significant risk to lives and livelihoods. As climate change further dis…
This paper presents the Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE). As the negative impacts of natural hazards continue to escalate around the world due to increasing populations, climate change, and rapid urbanisation (among other factors and processes), there is an urgent requirement to develop structured and operational approaches towards…
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"As a result of subsidence in Venice and rising waters, the average sea level has risen by 30 centimetres (12 inches, or 1 foot) in the last 150 years and is expected to rise by another 50 centimetres by the end of the century," he told AFP.
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"The MOSE was designed to close a maximum of 50 times a year," said Umgiesser. "If sea levels cont…
Taleeb Noormohamed, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Granville, His Worship Ken Sim, Mayor of the City of Vancouver, and Scott Jensen, Chair of the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, announced a joint investment of more than $36.2 million towards the City of Vancouver’s Rain City Strategy, which outlines a series of actions to improve the city’s…
Recent extreme weather events have provided a foretaste of how supercharged storms might threaten our future. So the release today of a new report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) is very good timing.
Titled “Are we building harder, hotter cities? The vital importance of urban green spaces”, the report examines th…
Heat alerts are coming to Search — plus more ways we’re helping cities and organizations adapt to rising temperatures.Extreme weather events — like prolonged heat waves and flooding from large storms — are becoming more frequent in more places, in part because of climate change.1 As these occurrences increase, we’re finding ways our technology can help…
Sea level rise this century may disproportionately affect certain Asian megacities as well as western tropical Pacific islands and the western Indian Ocean, according to new research that looks at the effects of natural sea level fluctuations on the projected rise due to climate change.
The study, led by scientists at the French National Center for Sci…
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Espina suggested constructing another road in the Mananga Area in the mountain barangays of the city, considering that the area is safer to use than the hazard-prone Malubog formation where road repairs are continuously being done.
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“(The) city map is a convenient tool that is hardly been done by the city. We should have an official map so…
Australia and New Zealand have both faced a series of devastating floods triggered by climate change and the return of the La Niña weather pattern. So it makes sense that Australia has now sent disaster crews to help with the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle.
With five serious floods in the space of 19 months in 2021-2022, Austra…
Two extreme and deadly weather events within the first two months of 2023 have brought the consequences of climate change into sharp focus. Auckland’s January 27 flood is the most expensive weather event in New Zealand insurance history. Cyclone Gabrielle prompted a national state of emergency, only the third time one has been declared.
Auckl…
On 8 February 2023, the Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR) Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC) for Asia-Pacific met virtually to review progress made in 2022 and identify priority areas of work for 2023. Among the MCR2030 success stories of 2022 are numerous cities like Kulhuffushi City in the Maldives and Ormoc and Baguio City in the Philippines that…
A forthcoming bill would create a new board with powers to tell local governments how houses must be built in the wildland-urban interface
Fire chiefs fearing disaster from wildfires where open space meets urban areas are joining lawmakers to push for a statewide board with power to define so-called wildland-urban interface danger zones and impose prev…