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Displaying 105 of about 109 resultsGENEVA, 5 February 2013 - Heads of State, government ministers, parliamentarians, CEOs, scientists and civil society representatives will meet in Geneva in May to discuss a new global framework to reduce disaster risk.
Some 3,000 people are expected to attend this fourth session of the Global Platform which will be the last to take place before the Wor…
Knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is an increasingly sought after skill in industries from agriculture to public health. This Specialization, offered in partnership with ArcGIS developer Esri, will teach the skills students need to successfully use GIS software in a professional setting. They will learn how to analyze spatial data,…
Disaster risk information is spatial in nature and geoinformatics related sciences, such as remote sensing, GIS and photogrammetry, play a significant role in both providing data and managing disasters and hazards in nature. Rapid population growth and urbanization expansion, combined with extreme climatic events, are causing a rapid increase in vulnera…
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Create a flood map using Google Earth Engine
Generate a map characterizing areas where landslides have occurred
Generate a digital elevation model (DEM)
Course Format:
This webinar series will consist of three, two-hour pa…
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…
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…
Algorithmic machine learning systems are being lauded as an 'integral' part of the new clean energy economy, but critics see them as an energy-intensive distraction
-As climate change intensifies the devastation from storms, wildfires and droughts, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital tools are increasingly being seen as a way to predict and…
KOBE – The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the global roadmap to reduce disaster losses and strengthening the processes for doing so by 2030, highlights the pivotal role of stakeholders working in science, engineering, technology, and innovation (SETI). In particular, it states that science and traditional knowledge are…
ISINGIRO, Uganda, 15 June 2016 – Uganda is developing base maps for refugee settlements that host thousands of people in the east African country, with the goal being to support risk-informed development and land use planning and thereby build community resilience.
Mapping Oruchinga refugee settlement in the western district of Isingiro will provide ev…
YEREVAN, 16 February 2016 – In a country that suffered a devastating earthquake almost three decades ago, private sector researchers are helping to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction by harnessing data to lessen the impact of future shakes.
The team members at Armenian firm Georisk spend their working days crunching numbers to f…
26 January 2016, GENEVA – On the eve of the first-ever gathering of scientists to discuss disaster risk management, the head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Dr. Robert Glasser, today said: “Government leaders and decision makers should give greater attention to the science on disaster risk and climate change to reduce exposure to extreme d…
DURHAM, England, 15 January 2016 – Down in the depths of a cutting-edge lab in this English university city, scientists are working to rein in the risk posed by landslides around the globe.
The team members at the Laithwaite Landslide Laboratory – part of Durham University’s Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience – are dedicated to building an unders…
INCHEON, Republic of Korea, 21 November 2016 – Fast-paced developments in technology have the potential to help the world rein in the impact of natural and human-induced hazards, notably when it comes to tackling urban risk.
The issue of harnessing hi-tech to support disaster prevention, forecasting, response and building resilience at the community le…
By Adam Green
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Reducing urban risk requires disaster-informed spatial planning, building codes and infrastructure, as well as clear plans for post-disaster response. This relies heavily on data that is often patchy or non-existent, especially in less-developed nations.
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However, disaster response experts have begun utilising non-traditional da…
By Tony Moore
An alternative green infrastructure solution for improving water quality – already saving south-east Queensland water utilities millions of dollars – was quietly launched in Brisbane on Tuesday night.
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It allows conservation and research groups to decide the most effective technique to use to tackle future floods and allocate funds t…