Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
Disaster Preparedness
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Towards policy integration of disaster risk, climate adaptation, and development in ASEAN: a baseline assessment
This NTS Insight attempts to create a baseline assessment of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) policies in ten Southeast Asian countries. More than 50 per cent of global
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El Niño ready nations and disaster risk reduction
This report features a review of 15 countries affected by the 2015-16 El Niño and explores lessons learned. The impacts of El Niño appear in the form of droughts, floods and fires. These adverse impacts
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Assessment of Kenya's preparedness to disasters caused by natural hazards: floods, drought and disease outbreak
This report details the findings of the study on Kenya's preparedness for floods, drought and disease outbreaks – human and animal. It looks at preparedness at the national and subnational level focusing
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Numerical weather prediction for mitigating the fatal loss by the Meteo-tsunami incidence on the west coast of Korean peninsula
<p>The west coast of Korean Peninsula is an area where casualties and property damages by meteo-tsunamis from the Yellow Sea have been reported. A case in point is the event with an estimated maximum amplitude
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UK government not funding natural flood prevention methods
Natural ways of preventing flooding such as planting trees have no government funding despite ministers repeatedly backing the idea, according to a freedom of information request by Friends of the Earth.
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Benchmarking an operational procedure for rapid risk assessment in Europe
<p>The development of methods for rapid flood mapping and risk assessment is a key step to increase the usefulness of flood early warning systems, and is crucial for effective emergency response and flood
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Towards resilient non-engineered construction
Increasing the resilience of buildings to natural hazards is essential as we strive to design more sustainable cities. Earthquakes pose considerable risks, as they have caused the highest number of casualties
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World Disasters Report 2016: resilience- saving lives today, investing for tomorrow
This year’s World Disasters Report focuses on resilience within humanitarian action. The report explores the different meanings of resilience, as well as criticisms, and its application both before and
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Climate change and the preparedness of Canadian provinces and Yukon to limit potential flood damage
This report assesses the preparedness of Canada’s provinces and Yukon to limit climate change related flood damage, relative to current (2016) and future (2030) major precipitation events. The report provides
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Municipalities' preparedness for weather hazards and response to weather warnings
<p>he study of the management of weather-related disaster risks by municipalities has attracted little attention even though these organizations play a key role in protecting the population from extreme