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Displaying 15 of about 322 resultsGENEVA, 15 October – As UNISDR makes its final call for input to the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR15) the role of open data and risk information is emerging as an essential element of sustainable development.
Preparations for the UN flagship report are gathering pace and there is growing research into the modeling of disaster…
This study adopts the 1D–2D model SOBEK to investigate the impact of drainage density on river flow. Coupled 1D–2D hydrodynamic models are widely utilized in food hazard mapping. Previous studies adopted conceptual hydrological models or 1D hydrodynamic models to evaluate the impact of drainage density on river flow. However, the drainage density a…
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The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), established in 1986, is a regional non-profit foundation 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. T…
This briefing on Municipal Planning and GIS - part of the Local Development Dialogues - aims at sharing practical examples of the potential for using geographic information systems (GIS) as a tool to support municipal planning and decision-making processes. Using GIS approach offers much more than static mapping and greatly facilitates the understanding…
The main goal of this conference is to disseminate knowledge and to share expertise and experiences in geospatial sciences on all aspect of applications. It also aims to build linkage between local and international professionals in this field with industries.
The primary objective of the IGRSM2014 is to gather professionals and industry experts from t…
Local government planners from municipalities hardest hit by Typhoon Pablo such as New Bataan in Compostela Valley and Boston in Davao Oriental will come together in Davao to participate in the “Training on Geospatial Tools for Climate/Disaster Risk Sensitive Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUPs)”, hosted by the Project Climate Twin Phoenix in collaborat…
Enhacing public safety and welfare by building inter-connected and effective safe cities
Safe Cities Asia 2015 is the region’s largest and most comprehensive smart resilience conference, bringing together 350 senior professionals. With over 70% of the audience from the public sector including Mayors, Chief Information Officers, Chief Security Officers,…
• October 12, 2011: Soft Launching of International Disaster Risk Reduction Day (DRR) Day @ People’s Hall, Provincial Capitol Building, 1:00-5:00 pm
- Participants – Urban Poor Organization - LCSFI, Taysan, Anislag,(Resettlement Site) Daraga, Tabaco, Malilipot, (80 pax)
- Speakers – Representatives from LGU of Legazpi Mr. Pecos Intia and Madam Marlyn Ma…
Working together in Europe and the Mediterranean for the prevention of disasters, preparedness and response:
The objective of this plan is to provide a political and technical instrument containing priorities and guidelines for the action of the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) for the next five years, improving its effectiv…
DescriptionThis online training course provides an introduction to the use of geo-information for multi-hazard risk assessment, including natural hazard assessment, elements at risk maping and vulnerability evaluation.
Focus is on hazards and risk in urban areas. The course adopts a task-based learning approach, combining self-study with online support…
With 70% of its population living in coastal areas and low-lying deltas, Vietnam is highly exposed to riverine and coastal flooding.
This paper conducts a “stress-test” and examines the exposure of the population and poor people in particular to current and future flooding in Vietnam and specifically in Ho Chi Minh City. It develops new high-resol…
The purpose of this document is to introduce the Federal Flood Mapping Guidelines Series documents and to provide a framework for how each fits into the overall flood mapping life cycle. Specifically, this document will provide a brief history of past and present flood mapping efforts in Canada, a brief summary of flood mapping roles and responsibilitie…
The conference motto for IDRC Davos 2008 is: Public-private partnership – key for integral risk management and climate change adaptation.
IDRC Davos 2008 will address global problems and attract participants from all over the globe. We expect more than 1300 participants from 130 countries.
The conference will take an integrated, multidisciplinary appro…
EARSeL is a scientific network of European remote sensing laboratories, coming from both academia and commercial/industrial sector, which covers all fields of geoinformation and earth observation through remote sensing. All scientists, professionals and researchers involved or interested in the field of the symposium are strongly encouraged to present p…
Conference themes:
Climatic hazards: Floods, droughts, dust, typhoons, cyclones, desertification and heat waves and cold spells.
Geo-hazards: Earthquake, volcanoes, landslides, tsunami.
Bio-environmental hazards.
Modern technologies and hazard management: Remote sensing, GIS, GPS and WebGIS.
Human environmental threats: Urbanization, population e…