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- The Japanese "Machizukuri" system could support citizen-led urban adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa. It calls for governments to prioritise the role of citizens in urban climate adaptation, and for the state to demonstrate commitment by actively working with its citizens, community organisations and other stakeholders.
- Prescribed burns can decrease the potential for some of the large, severe fires that have affected western states in recent years. Forests across North America need need fire to maintain healthy structures and watershed conditions and support biodiversity. Still, there are barriers to prescribing fires for forest management.
- Four years after a devastating earthquake, a collaboration between the governments of India and Nepal, UNDP, the Owner Driven Reconstruction Collaborative and affected families themselves has been working to rebuilding homes and lives in the Gorkha region. They offer support through designs, tools, resources, skills and monitoring.
- New research presented at the 2019 SSA Annual Meeting reveals that in 2017, a spring surge of meltwater caused a seismic swarm near California's Long Valley Caldera. Looking back through 33 years of seismic and water records for the region, the study found that the number of earthquakes is 37 times higher during the wet season as during the dry...
- Though the transport sector is a contributor to climate emissions, it also faces severe risks resulting from impacts of climate change such as sea-level rise, soaring temperatures, extreme storms and floods. Industry stakeholders examined these impacts and how to better adapt to a changing climate at an UNCTAD meeting earlier this month.
- Four years after the Gorkha earthquake devastated Nepal, an estimated 612,000 families are living in transitional shelter and US$4.29 billion is needed to complete reconstruction. But experts have raised concerns about addressing the needs of the most vulnerable, who are left behind in the recovery process.
- Development can be affected by risks, but can also create its own risks. Risk-informed development is emerging as a key principle of resilient development, and it requires the strengthening of governance systems to ensure they are inclusive and accountable. Incorporating risk information into the development agenda will help reduce vulnerabilities while...
- By Denis McClean
KATHMANDU, 25 April 2019 - An estimated 612,000 families are living in transitional shelter four years after the devastating earthquake which struck Nepal on April 25, 2015, killing 9,000 people, injuring 22,000 and destroying or damaging almost one million houses.
As though heralding the anniversary, three strong tremors were felt…
- By Rosalind Cook
Podgorica, Montenegro, 15 April 2019 - Major efforts are underway in Montenegro to reduce the risks from disasters with the launch of a national disaster loss database to mark the 40th anniversary of a major earthquake.
On April 15 1979, at 07:19 in the morning, a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Montenegro. The earthquake, which lasted 10 seconds,…
- Operationalizing the concept of urban disaster resilience is a major milestone toward understanding both the characteristics that contribute to the resilience of cities to natural hazards and the interactions required to build and sustain it. While the measurement of urban disaster resilience has recently gained much attention, there is so far no optimal...