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Global Risk And Vulnerability Index Trends per Year (GRAVITY) Phase II:...
This study presents the results from the second phase of the project Global Risk and Vulnerability Index Trend per Year (GRAVITY) developed by UNEP/GRID-Geneva for the... -
Environment and Disaster Risk: Emerging Perspectives
Melting glaciers, denuded slopes, expanding deserts these images of environmental change have long captured public attention. With the threat of global climate change, the... -
Environment Management and Disaster Reduction
Session concept paper of UNEP Thematic Session on 'Environmental Management and Disaster Reduction: Building a Multi-stakeholder Partnership ' which was held on 19 January 2005... -
Global evaluation of human risk and vulnerability to natural hazards
This paper describes some methodological aspects of the development of the Disaster Risk Index (DRI), a central component of the Reducing Disaster Risk report from the United... -
Global Mangrove Extent Much Smaller than Previously Estimated - UNEP Global...
As confirmed by the impacts of the December 2004 Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 intact mangroves help stabilize shorelines and thus protect lives and property from... -
Rapid Environmental Assessment Republic of Maldives
On 26 December 2004, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale caused powerful tsunamis that reached the Maldives around 9:30 in the morning. A United Nations Disaster... -
Haiti Earthquake PDNA: Assessment of damage, losses, general and sectoral needs
The earthquake on January 12, 2010 has caused an unprecedented situation in Haiti with enormous repercussions affecting all sectors of society, well beyond the areas directly... -
Insight on common/key indicators for Global Vulnerability Mapping
With growing infrastructures complexity, the world population is facing increasing environmental risks such as water, air and soil contamination due to organic, chemical or... -
Global Risk And Vulnerability Index Trends per Year (GRAVITY) Phase IV:...
The purposes of the Disaster Risk Index was to identify whether global data sets could be used for identifying population living in exposed areas and demonstrate the link... -
Global Risk And Vulnerability Index Trends per Year (GRAVITY) Phase III:...
Among the different recommendations from the two previous GRAVITY reports, drought was the obvious significant missing hazard. In the first GRAVITY report (feasibility study)...