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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Scientists Are Developing A Way To Warn You An Earthquake Is Starting
A research geophysicist with the United States Geological Survey looks at a series of images that illustrate the seismic waves of an earthquake. The understanding of seismic waves is key for building an
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Big quake coming, warn MHA experts
The Union home ministry's disaster management experts have warned of a bigger catastrophe, earthquakes with a magnitude of 8.2 or greater on the Richter scale which may hit the already ruptured Himalayan
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A study on flash floods and landslides disaster on 3rd august 2012 along Bhagirathi Valley in Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand
This document provides an insight on the incidences of past disasters, and administrative, demographic, socio-economic and infra-structure perspectives of the Uttarkashi district, in Uttarakhand, India
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Disaster preparedness in India: Public Accounts Committee (2015-16)
Public Accounts Committee (2015-16) present this Twenty Fifth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Disaster Preparedness in India' based on C&AG Report No. 3 of 2013 (Performance Audit), Union Government
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The handbook on law and disaster risk reduction
Handbook on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction (the Handbook) has been developed in support of the Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction (the Checklist), a tool to assess whether and to what extent
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FLOPROS: an evolving global database of flood protection standards
<p>With the projected changes in climate, population and socioeconomic activity located in flood-prone areas, the global assessment of the flood risk is essential to inform climate change policy and disaster
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Scenario-based multi-objective optimum allocation model for earthquake emergency shelters using a modified particle swarm optimization algorithm: A case study in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
<p>The correct location of earthquake emergency shelters and their allocation to residents can effectively reduce the number of casualties by providing safe havens and efficient evacuation routes during
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The triple dividend of resilience: realising development goals through the multiple benefits of disaster risk management
This report provides evidence for three types of benefits – or dividends of resilience – that DRM investments can yield: Avoiding losses when disasters strike; Stimulating economic activity thanks to
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Lack of proper disaster management: Valley has increased risk of higher damage
SRINAGAR: The lack of disaster preparedness in valley increases its risk of vulnerability manifold towards damage during the natural calamities. Though Kashmir valley has always been declared as highly
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The making cities resilient campaign: resilience of cities to disasters in Central Asia and South Caucasus
This publication gives an overview of “Strengthened Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Asia and the Caucasus through greater fostering of the Hyogo Framework for Action priorities” activities in eight