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Displaying 15 of about 33 resultsThis paper examines how to maximise the benefits arising from, and overcome the barriers to, the implementation of a multihazard and multi-risk assessment approach within current risk management regimes. Working at two test sites, one in Naples and one in Guadeloupe, the research team engaged in a continuous dialogue with local autho…
Flood-related disasters on small streams caused by high intensity localised rainfall and flash floods has been continuously increasing especially for the residential areas in the Republic of Korea. In this paper, the author underlines the fact that flood risk assessment is needed for decision-making to allocate resources and select optimum community-bas…
This paper provides the institutional contribution of the Province of Potenza (Italy) in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and climate on its territory. The Province plays an important role both as regards to territorial governance and safety. It provides with fundamental institutional support to the local actors for the correct use and…
This report gives a brief overview of the tsunami hazard component of the 2015 Global Assessment Report, involving a global hazard analysis. The work presented is the first global scale probabilistic assessment of tsunami hazard. The publication details the applied methodology and input parameters.
The results of this assessment are tsunami inundation…
This study presents a risk assessment carried out in Colombia, Belize and Spain with an open model that can be used by every government or user: the CAPRA (Comprehensive Approach to Probabilistic Risk Assessment) platform. This platform is open access, open source and has a modular architecture, and can be used free of cost.
This do…
This paper presents the CATSIM methodology, which combines estimates of the direct, monetary risk a country is exposed to with an evaluation of sovereign fiscal resilience. National hazard, exposure and resilience data is input into CATSIM, which is used to identify the likelihood of a disaster to overwhelm the government's ability to finance the recove…
This paper reports on original research undertaken by the World Animal Protection (WSPA) to analyse costs and benefits of livestock protection in disaster risk management (DRM). The research provides a solution-based example of how disaster risk reduction can be developed and strengthened through robust risk assessments, and through resea…
This is a report on the South-East Asian Regional Workshop on Structural Vulnerability Models for the Global Risk Assessment on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR), which was organised by Geoscience Australia and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction the 11-14 November 2013 in Canberra, Australia.
The following are some of the recommendations made by reg…
The author examines the types as well as the dimensions and dynamics of crisis threats that one may have to confront in the foreseeable future. The intended audience is for those with roles and responsibilities to reduce the impact and consequences of such crisis drivers.
The author proposes anticipatory methodology as a means to…
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Esta publicación tiene por objeto presentar a los países de América Latina y sus líderes, datos estadísticos y tendencias históricas sobre las pérdidas por desastres en la región, tanto las relacionadas con los eventos grandes como con los medianos y pequeños, distribuidos geográficamente a nivel de municipios, provincial, departamental o e…
This technical background paper discusses volcanic ash fall hazard modelling, implemented at the global and local scales (Napoli, Italy). These models are probabilistic whereas outputs are in the form of hazard maps and curves that show the probabilities associated with exceeding key hazard thresholds at the given locations.
The scarcity…
This publication provides insight into the potential richness and range of risk assessment approaches and their capacity to meet a variety of purposes and contexts within the same overarching framework. It is aimed at government officials, donors, and nongovernmental organisations considering investment in the development of risk information. For s…
The aim of this paper is to review the application of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) methodologies related to tsunami risk, with a focus on south-east Asia, especially Indonesia and Sri Lanka, which were highly impacted by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.
This publication offers the following recommendations for bridging the potential implementa…
This paper seeks to take stock of what has been done to address complex risks in risk management risks. Its intention is to highlight what is known and what risk managers can already do to better address complex risks. The publication also underlines the key challenges that need to be addressed in the future.
The policy recommendations (pp. 21-23) made…
This report profiles the frequency, location and severity of natural hazards across Africa, a continent that holds half of the world’s most risk-prone countries, and is experiencing a rising number of disasters. The report examines risk drivers that exacerbate natural hazards’ impacts on populations, and analyses the state of Africa’s preparedness again…