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Displaying 15 of about 30 resultsDHAKA, 16 December 2019 - A new record for evacuations was set in Bangladesh a month ago when the government Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) evacuated 2.1 million people before Cyclone Bulbul made landfall on the Sundarbans coast.
The storm highlights why the CPP is planning to expand its geographical coverage and grow from 56,000 volunteers…
SENDAI, 6 November, 2019 - The earthquake and tsunami which occurred in Chile in February, 2010, helped save the lives of 320 people in Japan when it was struck the following year by the strongest recorded earthquake and tsunami ever to hit the country.
The tsunami waves from Chile reached Japan’s Tohoku coast and prompted a review of disaster preventi…
Seismic phenomena and tornadoes are among the most relevant causes of damage on the built environment and their effect on industrial plants might not be limited to mere structural damage. Under particular conditions, such as the presence of inflammable substances (hydrocarbons or other chemical products), earthquakes, flooding and tornadoes can trigger…
KATHMANDU, 30 April, 2019 - Four years after an earthquake that could have killed thousands of schoolchildren ,a concerted effort is underway to ensure that every school in Nepal has introduced a basic earthquake safety programme.
The so-called Gorkha earthquake claimed 9,000 lives and destroyed 50,000 classrooms but, by a stroke of good fortune,…
Tel Aviv 12 March 2019 –More than 130 000 children have taken part in the first national tsunami simulation ever done with schools in Israel.
Jointly organized by Israel's National Steering Committee for Earthquake Preparedness and the Ministry of Education, the tsunami simulation involved schools located on the 271 kms of Israel coastlines consi…
This first publication in the series deals with disaster preparedness and response focusing on earthquake, drought, flooding, extreme heat and drought.
"Friends Power" is a series of health education comic stories developed for children. It aims to build the knowledge, attitude and skills of children on selected health topics such as natural disaster p…
Despite progress in policy measures, early warning and risk information initiatives in Indonesia, the 2018 tsunami of Palu and Donggala showed that significant challenges remain. The study was commissioned by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in partnership with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commi…
On 11 March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami severely damaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP). Large radioactivity released induced multi-hazard disasters on human livelihoods and ecosystems in the Fukushima Prefecture. In December 2018, some 43,000 residents of Fukushima were yet to return to their hometowns, with…
The goal of this paper is to examine how government continuity planning contributes to strengthening the public sector’s disaster preparedness, resulting in enhanced resilience of the public sector. The paper analyzes basic principles of government continuity planning using Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) theory while summarizing recent developments in t…
The constant growth of world population has led to growth in conurbations prone to disasters associated with natural hazards and - as a consequence - to an increase in the overall level of societal risk. Amongst natural catastrophes, earthquakes represent about one fifth of the economic losses, and are responsible for an average of 20 thousand fatalitie…
Celebration and academic reflection in Mexico on the International Day for the Reduction of the Risk of Disasters 2017. It will be discussed The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, basic concepts of Disaster Risk Reduction, local experience in the earthquake in Mexico 16-S, 2017 and in particular: "The Sendai Framework, challenges and challeng…
While the Sendai Framework, the Paris Agreement, the 2030 Agenda and the New Urban Agenda (NUA) warrant consideration in a joined up and complementary manner, global discussions of risk do not necessarily reflect the range of risk as understood by residents in the urban South. It is time to consider the intersection of disasters, the everyday lived expe…
This paper provides a timely review of progress and ongoing research needs in tsunami hazard and risk science since the most recent major event, the Tohoku tsunami in 2011. The tsunami community has made significant progress in understanding tsunami hazard from seismic sources. However, this is only part of the inputs needed to effectively manage tsunam…
BANGKOK, 12 October 2019 – As one of the first countries in the region to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Government of Thailand took advantage of the occasion to highlight how it is working with partners to build the resilience of its infrastructure.
In its 30th year of celebration, this year's International Day for Disaste…
DELHI, 7 October, 2019 - It’s comfortable, affordable and carries 2.5 million passengers every day relieving to some degree the pollution and traffic congestion which is the bane of the city’s life.
The Delhi Metro as a stand-alone asset is an example of how to build to last when it comes to quality resilient infrastructure in the heart of one of the w…