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Displaying 120 of about 1016 resultsThis report details a pilot study that sought to understand and map social vulnerability to flood hazard in the city of Zürich. The study develops a theoretical basis, and practical methodology to identify key factors of social vulnerability and their interdependencies.
Social characteristics are then mapped to identify ‘hotspots’ of flood-related soci…
This paper describes an approach designed to facilitate multi-disciplinary problem-solving at the intersection of climate change and rapid urbanization in five cities in Southern Africa.
The approach was developed and is being used by the Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL) project, which aims to advance and integrate scientific kn…
This report, the first report in the UN-Habitat series on the state of cities to focus on the Arab world, highlights issues of environmental and natural disasters, risk and vulnerability, within a collective picture of urban conditions and trends in each of four Arab regions - Maghreb, Mashreq, Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) and Southern Tier. It provid…
'Let's get involved!':
This document outlines ACT Alliance's commitment to humanitarian principles, the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), how ACT aims to meet its disaster resilience commitments through the post-HFA framework, and how ACT members can get involved.
It affirms that: (i) ACT Alliance members have been encouraged to adopt a disaster risk…
This document evaluates the progress of risk management in Colombia proposes recommendations that will enable the Government to set up public policies in this area on a short-and long-term basis. It defines a set of recommendations so that disaster risk management becomes a State policy, emphasizing that improving land use and land occupation conditions…
The studies presented in this volume address poverty reduction and risk management aspects related to such disasters in both urban and rural communities in India. It reports on different sub-projects carried out in the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, and addresses questions pertaining to: (i) livelihood security strategies in the informal sector of di…
Community, environment and disaster risk management, volume 7:
This book highlights the issues of resilience through regional, national, city and community-based studies.It is presented as the first book to combine academic research and field practice in urban risk reduction, focusing especially on climate-related disasters in the Asian region.
Contr…
This document presents the Malaysian economy and states that natural hazards must be managed to mitigate social and economic consequences, as Malaysian cities are especially vulnerable to floods and landslides. This reports urges cities to have adequate systems to minimize the human and economic costs of disasters. To reduce the risks related to hazards…
In partnership with: California Geological Survey, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
While scientists can't predict when a great earthquake producing a pan-Pacific tsunami will occur, thanks to new tools being developed by federal and state officials, scientists can now offer more accurate insight into the likely impacts when tsunamis…
By SciDev.Net - Lou Del Bello
Global damage from flooding could cost coastal cities as much as US$1 trillion per year — and developing countries will be hardest hit, a study warns.
According to the paper published today in Nature Climate Change, a "risk sensitive planning" strategy is needed to protect coastal cities, which are increasingly at risk be…
The importance of reducing exposure to disasters took on a personal hue for the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström.
The envoy had been due to present the Secretary-General's Report on the Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction to the UN General Assembly in the first w…
Quake-resistant buildings are the buzzword again after the April 11 8.6-magnitude earthquake off northern Sumatra
In Japan earthquake resistant technology (like damping or vertical seismic isolation devices) are common features in the latest architecture of buildings. Early warning is also highly developed, yet, traditional wisdom and education still p…
Rio de Janeiro – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, has urged international organizations to partner with local communities and national authorities to provide solutions for those moving into cities in search of a better life.
Speaking at a side event Wednesday at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, dubbed Rio+20, Guterr…
نظمت بلدية طوباس ووزارة الإعلام بالتعاون مع مركز التخطيط الحضري والحد من مخاطر الكوارث في جامعة النجاح الوطنية، والهيئة الوطنية للتخفيف من أخطار الكوارث، يوماً دراسياً ناقش اشتراطات المدن لآمنة، وسبل الحد من الكوارث.
وأكد عقاب دراغمة، رئيس البلدية في كلمة الافتتاح، أن الهدف من النقاش محاولة اتخاذ تدابير للتقليل من آثار الكوارث التي قد تقع لا قدر الله،…
By Rebecca Hersher and Robert Benincasa
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Disasters are becoming more common in America. In the early and mid-20th century, fewer than 20 percent of U.S. counties experienced a disaster each year. Today, it's about 50 percent. According to the 2018 National Climate Assessment, climate change is already driving more severe droughts,…