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Displaying 105 of about 322 resultsThe preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.
The progress report assesses current national strategic priorities with regard to the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions, and establi…
Drones in Humanitarian Action - Case Study No.1
This case study highlights the role drones can play in providing high-resolution and up-to-date imagery that is essential to the development of exposure maps and for modelling flood risks in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In fact, Over 70 per cent of the people live in informal, unplanned settlem…
Urban Poor Consortium and its partners tested an integrated method for data collection, management, and visualisation to empower citizens to be more actively involved in the production and updating of data, as well as in determining policy priorities based on these data.
This toolkit provides the methodology for focusing the data-gathering power of exi…
The document consolidates the knowledge, methods, and practices that emerged from the 2010 expert group meeting entitled "Population Dynamics and Climate Change II: Building for Adaptation" organized by UNFPA, IIED and the Colegio de México in Mexico City.
It intends to catalyze action in global, national and local communities around a more informed, d…
A guidance note for integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in sustainable reconstruction and development planning
This guidance note was drafted to document lessons learned in the three project countries (Nepal, Sri Lanka, Côte d'Ivoire) and in doing so, it provides a step-by-step practical guide for countries in post-cr…
Bangkok - A year ago today, typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines, killing more than 1,000 in the region and displacing hundreds of thousands, but many cities are still ill-prepared for a similar disaster.
The storm dumped a month’s worth of rain within 12 hours of striking the Philippines before moving on to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Local authoritie…
Written by William Foreman
Ann Arbor, Mich. — Typhoons thrash the Philippines every year, causing flash flooding and mudslides that often kill hundreds of people in the Southeast Asian nation. Many blame the death and destruction on the wrath of nature. But Gavin Shatkin has a different view.
"Disasters are not natural," said Shatkin, an associate pro…
On the sidelines of a presentation at the Learning from Japan 4th Symposium 2012 titled 'Urban society’s vulnerability, disaster preparedness and mitigation in Indonesia and Japan,' Sugeng Triutomo, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB)’s deputy head for disaster prevention and preparedness, said that poor disaster mitigation and preparedness h…
Many realised they had failed to check city plans for flood zones when the great flood of 2011 ravaged Bangkok, asserts the Bangkok Post. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) City Planning Department has drawn up a 3D city planning map highlighting traffic routes, infrastructure and risk areas for potential property owners and developers. The 3…
Robert Lalasz interviews for the Nature Conservancy Christine Shepard, a member of the Conservancy’s Coastal Resilience project, about a study on sea-level rise and storm surges along the southern shores of Long Island, a scenario that could apply to lots of other U.S. coastlines. "Part of the point of this study was to create maps that communities can…
By Carl Meyer
Canada needs to up its game when it comes to flood maps, says a national group of professional appraisers, as the climate crisis distorts property values across the country.
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The institute is warning that flood maps in Canada have become outdated, as climate change is leading to more annual precipitation, more rainfall in winter, mor…
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
The devastation caused by Haiti’s January 12 earthquake underscores the need to operationalize the principle of disaster risk reduction and to incorporate disaster mitigation into all aspects of reconstruction. Rebuilding efforts must not only focus on providing shelter and services but also on strengthening t…
The upcoming International LiDAR Mapping Forum which is being held in Denver, Colorado, USA from March 3 – 5, 2010 has devoted a new conference session to mobile mapping and has introduced a number of introductory workshops on the subject as well as attracting a large number of exhibitors who will be promoting this cutting edge technology.
Synergy betw…
The fourth release of Maplecroft’s Climate Change and Environment Risk Atlas includes a new Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) that analyses and maps climate change vulnerability down to 25km² worldwide. It reveals that some of the world’s fastest growing populations are increasingly at risk from the impacts of climate related natural hazards inc…
For better management and planning of coastal areas and their resources, Gujarat government is implementing a Geo-Spatial Information System (GIS) development project, reports Zee News. "The GIS would help in better hazard-risk assessment and management for the coast," said A K Verma, member secretary, Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC).