PreventionWeb editors' picks
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
A fresh batch of disaster risk reduction news and research, bringing you the latest findings on disaster risks, and the smartest solutions for resilience, carefully selected by the #PreventionWeb editors:
A new video on some of the ways Australia is adapting to extreme weather
Why the Afghanistan earthquake was so deadly
Hurricane Katrina would be even more dangerous today
Disaster clustering hits economies hard
The long-term effects of extreme weather
A handbook on urban heat management for the Global South
Kagoshima is the face of resilience
DRR Voices: Tailoring tsunami warnings for coral atolls
Video: How Australia is building resilience to disasters
What failed when Afghanistan's earthquake struck?
Warmer waters made Katrina deadly... and they're getting even warmer today
How natural hazards overlap
How extreme disasters affect communities long-term
Examples and strategies to tackle extreme heat
A step-by-step guide to risk and vulnerability assessments
A resilient city in the shadow of a volcano
DRR Voices: What if there's no high ground and a tsunami is on its way?
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Senior Geospatial Data Scientist / Independent Researcher
2wPreventionWeb - as always, excellent content! I would like to highlight two items: 1️⃣ How natural hazards overlap: What is disaster clustering - and why does it matter for the economy? The post is defining spatial (and temporal) clustering as independent events of the same type, but it would be better to think about them as compound or cascading events, for example, secondary flooding could be amplified by severe drought after the first flooding. Under the post’s definition, that wouldn’t be considered a “true cluster,” but in a multi-risk context, compound and cascading events can create overlapping vulnerabilities and economic losses that may rival or exceed clustered events of the same hazard type. Nevertheless, it's important to think about clusters, as within a region, there will be many similarities with respect to exposure and vulnerability, and clusters could give new insights into these relationships. 2️⃣Examples and strategies to tackle extreme heat: The linked handbook is an excellent reference for anyone working with heat stress in urban environments because of the focus on solutions that are feasible, affordable, and easy to adapt.
Great examples to follow and implement in the developing world. Thanks to United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) for socializing the types of possible disaster solutions!
Engenheiro Geotécnico @ Progen S.A. | Geotechnical Engineering
2wPedro Weinem, MSc
Engenheiro Geotécnico @ Progen S.A. | Geotechnical Engineering
2wGuilherme Weinem
Ex-Yousaf Rasheed (Pvt) Ltd, Ex-Ahmed Abdullah Bufllah Est, Jeddah-KSA, Ex-B.B. Corp., Ex-Prime Freight Systems
2wVery Nice & These are great solutions