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Meetings and conferences
In person
02 July 2012 - 06 July 2012
Cape Town

Understanding risk: Mapping global risk

From July 2-6, 2012, the Understanding Risk (UR) Community will convene in Cape Town, South Africa for the biennial UR Forum. The 2012 theme is "Mapping Global Risk," which highlights the essential role of spatial hazard, exposure and vulnerability data in understanding risk and making informed decisions to build resilience. The Forum will consist of:…
Meetings and conferences
In person
27 August 2011 - 30 August 2011
Windhoek

SARCOF-15 - Hands on DRR training using weather, climate and hydro information for contigency planning

Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), through the Climate Services Centre, is organizing the Fifteenth Southern Africa Region Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-15). This will be followed by a Disaster Risk Reduction stakeholders training workshop, 29-30 August 2011. The main objective of SARCOF-15 is to develop a consensus climate outlook for peri…
Publication

The use of remote sensing to map landslide prone areas in Makhado municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa

Landslides can assume catastrophic and disastrous proportions causing immeasurable damage to life and property, and are one of the costliest natural hazards. In South Africa, despite significant strides made towards consolidating data on geohazards in the country, very few studies on mass movement have been documented. Focusing on Khalavha Village…

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