March 12, 2015 12:46 am
The first people to arrive at the scene of any natural disaster are almost always members of the affected community. Yet in most cases, disaster response and recovery mechanisms are built from the top down...
March 5, 2015 8:47 pm
From the World Resources Institute and Deltares comes the Aqueduct Global Flood Analyzer. This free tool is a web-based interactive platform which measures river flood impacts by urban damage, affected GDP, and affected population at the country, state, and river basin scale across the globe...
March 3, 2015 1:01 am
Last year, torrential rainfall and landslides in the Balkans affected more than 1 million people, setting back the economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina by about 15 percent of GDP. As temperatures warm, the frequency and intensity of storms of that magnitude and droughts is expected to rise...
February 25, 2015 10:27 pm
February 10, 2015 5:43 pm
Join a two week long dialogue (through Feb. 20) dedicated to Urban Flood Risk Management, in which experts, practitioners and policy makers will explore cross-cutting solutions and innovative approaches in dealing with urban flood risk, and will discuss lessons learned from a wide range of projects and experiences across regions.
December 4, 2014 10:25 pm
Remote villages in Malawi most vulnerable to floods and other natural recurring events are now better prepared to deal with disasters, thanks to a new mapping exercise which will share their data online...
October 31, 2014 5:58 pm
GFDRR and the World Bank’s East Asia Pacific (EAP) Disaster Risk Management team recently partnered with noted game designer, Dr. Pablo Suarez, to simulate the decisions that Argentine officials might have made ahead of the 2013 floods in La Plata...
October 27, 2014 5:35 pm
To manage disaster risk in expanding urban areas, a deep understanding of the built environment is essential. The Open Cities Project, part of the Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI), has worked in three cities in South Asia to increase this understanding through community mapping and crowdsourcing activities...
October 13, 2014 10:17 pm
GFDRR and the World Bank’s East Asia Pacific (EAP) Disaster Risk Management team recently partnered with noted game designer, Dr. Pablo Suarez, to simulate the decisions that Argentine officials might have made ahead of the 2013 floods in La Plata...
