New Delhi, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, PK Mishra, on Tuesday said that states should focus on low cost but high impact interventions to mitigate disaster risks.

Two studios in the School of Architecture and Planning partnered with the NYS Department of State to delve into this hot ...

Diseases in the ocean, caused by viruses, bacteria or parasites, can have far-reaching consequences for marine ecosystems.

Boyles says the language is nearly the exact same as their 2020 adopted plan, but you may see some additional information, including a Hazard Mitigation Plan, a Hazard Vulnerability Analysis and a ...

In many cities, they’re typically low-income areas. They may have poor drainage, or they lack protections such as seawalls. New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, where hundreds of people died when Hurricane ...

Strengthening Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment in Kyrgyzstan: UN-SPIDER Leads Hands-On Training in Bishkek ...

The surveys will be included as part of the Community Resiliency Partnership and vulnerability assessment project underway in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls. The surveys will be made available ...

This two-day session offers a step-by-step walkthrough into the fundamentals and practicalities of assessing fragility and vulnerability of structures as well as system reliability mapping at the ...

The report titled, ‘Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (MHVRA)’, for Rawalpindi, ... The assessment marked a key achievement under the “Enhancing Community, ...

We hope our analysis will broaden the discussion of how communities vary in their vulnerability to sudden-onset hazards and how results can be used to develop effective risk reduction efforts. Further ...

Severe hazard accumulation in highly socially vulnerable census tracts. Credit: Environmental Research Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad9ec7 ...