Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "natural hazard"
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Environment and Disaster Risk: Emerging Perspectives
(2011)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 has moved from casual concern to the ... -
Global evaluation of human risk and vulnerability to natural hazards
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2004)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 Nation Development Programme (UNDP/BCPR 2004). -
Global flood modeling: statistical estimation of Peak-flow magnitude
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2006)The scope of the present paper is to describe an exploratory analysis on the feasibility of a global flood hazard modeling, which would enable further studies on human vulnerability. The method chosen is inspired by local ... -
Global Risk And Vulnerability Index Trends per Year (GRAVITY) Phase II: Development, analysis and results
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2002)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 UNDP/BPRD. At the end of the first phase - the feasibility ... -
Global Risk And Vulnerability Index Trends per Year (GRAVITY) Phase III: Drought analysis
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2003)Among the different recommendations from the two previous GRAVITY reports, drought was the obvious significant missing hazard. In the first GRAVITY report (feasibility study) food insecurity was highlighted for producing ... -
Global Risk And Vulnerability Index Trends per Year (GRAVITY) Phase IV: Annex to WVR and Multi Risk Integration
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2003)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 between socio-economical parameters and vulnerability. -
Haiti Earthquake PDNA: Assessment of damage, losses, general and sectoral needs
(Government of the Republic of Haiti, 2010)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 affected by the catastrophe. Over 200,000 lives ... -
Insight on common/key indicators for Global Vulnerability Mapping
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2000)With growing infrastructures complexity, the world population is facing increasing environmental risks such as water, air and soil contamination due to organic, chemical or nuclear wastes and accidents. Human activities ... -
Rapid Environmental Assessment Republic of Maldives
(Joint United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)/ The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Environment Unit, 2005)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 Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team was ... -
Sourcebook on the Integration of Natural Hazards into the Environmental Impact Assessment Process
(Disaster Mitigation Facility for the Caribbean (DMFC), Adaptation to Climate Change in the Caribbean (ACCC) Project, 2005)The purpose of this document is to enable the development review process in particular environmental impact assessments (EIA) - to better encourage and promote development design that limits or reduces vulnerability to ...
