Can we get better at predicting earthquakes?
An earthquake measuring 6.2 rocked central Italy in the early hours of Aug. 24, leaving more than 200 dead and hundreds missing in the rubble of the disasters...
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Wifi planned for installation in a volcano in Nicaragua to collect data
A partnership with GE, an explorer and the Nicaraguan government is set to install about 80 wireless sensors inside one of the country’s active volcanoes in order to collect more data.
RMS releases suite of Europe inland flood risk data
RMS has released a suite of Europe Inland Flood Hazard Data that offers the highest resolution view of the risk available on the market.
Science can map a solution to a fast-burning problem
Wildfires such as those that hit Canada last month are a growing worry, writes Marc-André Parisien, but risk-assessment models can limit future damage.
‘DataSculpture’ on flood risks
How to engage stakeholders in appreciating the rich complexity of data about climate, disasters and humanitarian work? At the 2016 Understanding Risk Forum in Venice, the Climate Centre has offered an innovative approach...
Preparation and innovation key to reducing risk, and ‘a few days’ can decide life or death, 2016 Understanding Risk Forum hears
The head of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Laura Frigenti, Friday told the closing session of the 2016 Understanding Risk Forum in Venice that “preparation and innovation” had emerged as the two key concepts in reducing risks related to natural disasters and climate change, when “a few days can make the difference between life and death”.
Making Disaster Relief More Like Funeral Societies: A Review of Dercon and Clarke’s Dull Disasters
I was recently at the Novafrica conference in Lisbon, where one of the keynote talks was given by Stefan Dercon...
The First Integrated Methodology for Development of Flood Hazard Maps and Risk Maps in BiH
Within the framework of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Project „Technology transfer for climate resilient flood management in Vrbas River Basin", presentation of the first integrated methodology for development of flood hazard maps and risk maps in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was held in Sarajevo.
A new method for assessing flood risk
Researchers from the University of Adelaide, Australia, have devised a method that is set to significantly increase the speed of highly accurate flood risk predictions...
Management requires measurement: Reducing flood damage by improving response time
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is piloting open-source mobile weather stations with the Irrigation Department in the Nachchaduwa catchment, in Sri Lanka. Funding comes from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) through the Challenge Fund.