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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Japan's Quake Defenses Not enough, Official Reports Warn
Japan's defenses against a major tsunami and the safety of its nuclear plants were thrown into further doubt after two official studies predicted much higher waves could hit and that Tokyo quake damage
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Managing climate risks in the Himalayas: a community centric-approach
The Regional Climate Risk Reduction Project (2009-2010), a pilot initiative from UNDP and the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office, spanned across four countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region:
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Ecosystem approach to disaster risk reduction
This report is intended to provide an overview of the concept of ecosystem approach to disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR), natural resource management and disaster linkages, incorporating Eco-DRR concepts
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Collective actions for resilient urban areas
This document introduces an approach towards urban disaster risk reduction in which urbanization is believed to be both a cause and effect of economic growth, employment generation and overall development
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After the deluge
Japan is rebuilding its coastal cities to protect people from the biggest tsunamis.
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The next wave
What can scientists learn from the Tohoku tragedy to improve tsunami forecasting and save lives?
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Disasters cost $380 billion in 2011: UN
Disasters led by the Japan earthquake cost the world a record figure of more than $380 billion last year, a UN official said Monday. While countries are managing to control the disaster death toll,
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China develops system to predict earthquakes
Chinese scientists claimed to have developed a system to monitor the movement of the Earth’s crust and predict earthquakes. The new system will be based on satellite navigation involving a network of
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Community based disaster preparedness in Mongla
An attractive session of Jarigaan (folk song) enthralled a large number of people including hundreds of students at Haldibunia Secondary School premises under Chila union of Mongla upazila in Bagerhat
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Disaster risk reduction: spending where it should count
This report examines the top 40 humanitarian recipient countries in the context of 'natural disasters', especially with regard to financing to reduce risk. It highlights how prevalent disasters are in