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Global hazard frequency, distribution, risk, and economic loss datasets from Natural Disaster Hotspots - A Global Risk Analysis, is cited below. The datasets are available for download from the Center for Hazards and Risk Research at Columbia University.
UN-SPIDER was invited to contribute to the regional training workshop on Coastal Hazard Assessment: Applications in Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation. The regional workshop was conducted in Victoria, Seychelles between 7 and 11 March 2016 and it was organised by UNESCO-IOC, the Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Centre (IOTIC) and the Disaster Risk Management Office of the Seychelles.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) analysed satellite images collected from the CartoSat-2 satellite in order to evaluate the damages caused by a landslide in the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir.
The landslide, which occurred on 31 December 2014, is blocking the Tsarap River which may lead to a damaging flood downstream. According to ISRO's evaluation, the earthen dam is about 600 meters long and about 60 meters high.
The Department of Science and Technology of Philippines (DOST) has achieved the Light Ranging and Detection Technology (LiDAR) mapping of the three major river basins in Western Visayas.
As part of the Disaster Risk Assessment, Exposure and Mitigation (DREAM) project, the mapping will assess the risk of flooding in Jalaur River, Panay River and Ilog-Hilabangan River in Negros Island.
This is event is available for participation on an ongoing basis
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This international interdisciplinary CODATA workshop on Risk Information Management, Risk Models, and Applications will enable sharing of best practices as well as giving space for discussing methodological problems
CODATA-Germany, the German National Committee for the ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology
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in cooperation with German Cartographic Society Commission on "Risks, Disaster, Security UN ISDR Network on Information and Knowledge Management for Disaster Risk Reduction (IKM4DRR) International Cartographic Association Commission on Cartography in Early Warning and Crisis Management/commissions/ International Cartographic Association Commission on GIS and Sustainable Development
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This session invites contributions from all geoscience communities dealing with remote sensing of Natural Hazards showing strong coupling between land-ocean-atmosphere processes responsible for changing planet Earth activities influencing human population, ecosystem, and natural resources.
More than 1,200 participants including 49 Government Ministers and high level delegates from Asia will meet on Tuesday, 23th of October in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, at the Fifth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR). The Conference is the first gathering of Asian Government Ministers to consider a successor to the world's first comprehensive agreement on disaster risk reduction, the "Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015): Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters".
The mission of the Building Research Organisation is to promote and sustain research and development and provide technical services for disaster risk reduction and a safer environment.
The Directorate exists to develop a functional national disaster risk reduction system that minimizes community vulnerability to hazards and effectively manages the impact of disasters within the context of sustainable development for Namibia by 2015. Its main objective is to apply innovative approaches and technologies to enhance community resilience to disaster risks through effective coordination and facilitation of all disaster risk reduction initiatives in Namibia.
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