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Disaster risk reduction in Iraq. [PDF]

Jamba, 2019
Iraq is at risk of multiple hazards including both natural and man-made calamities. Little effort had been made before 2003 to address the disaster risk; even though many legislations enacted to provide a relief in the event of the acute crisis, they were mainly focused on the reactive response to the calamities without taking into consideration the ...
Al-Shamsi MTM.
europepmc   +8 more sources

Challenges and opportunities for Sendai framework disaster loss reporting in the United States

Progress in Disaster Science, 2021
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction provides quantitative indicators for nations to measure progress in the reduction of disaster losses. The collection and analysis of disaster loss data under the Sendai Framework improves our understanding
Aleeza Wilkins, Alice Pennaz, Monica Dix, Adam Smith, Jacob Vawter, Daniel Karlson, Sezin Tokar, Emily Brooks   +7 more
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Disaster Risk Reduction Reconsidered

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2023
Increasing resilience has become the favoured approach in efforts to curb the impact of disasters. It is central to the United Nations’ International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction and to its Sustainable Development Goals, and it is now championed by most of the nations and civil society organisations working with hazards.
Caroline Russell, Dipak Gyawali, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Michael Thompson   +3 more
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Hurricane risk assessment in a multi-hazard context for Dominica in the Caribbean

Scientific Reports, 2023
Hurricanes can trigger widespread landslides and flooding creating compound hazards and multiple risks for vulnerable populations. An example is the island of Dominica in the Caribbean, where the population lives predominantly along the coast close to ...
Peter Sammonds, Akhtar Alam, Simon Day, Katerina Stavrianaki, Ilan Kelman   +4 more
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Performance of the bamboo geotextile system ‘GEOBAMTILE’ for road construction on deep soft ground [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2022
Infrastructural development faces the dilemma of attempting to construct over deep soft ground. Practical methods to support heavy engineering construction over soft ground has evolved tremendously.
Zainuldin Nurulbaiti, Tan Ooi Kuan, Lim Ming Han   +2 more
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Social media as an information source for rapid flood inundation mapping [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2015
During and shortly after a disaster, data about the hazard and its consequences are scarce and not readily available. Information provided by eyewitnesses via social media is a valuable information source, which should be explored in a~more effective way.
J. Fohringer, D. Dransch, H. Kreibich, K. Schröter   +3 more
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Buying electricity resilience: using backup generator sales in the United States to understand the role of the private market in resilience

Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience, 2023
Disruptions to key lifelines, especially electrical power, can cause outsized impacts on human functioning. The state of the art on developed countries has focused on enhancing resilience to electrical grid infrastructure but has neglected to track ...
Daniel Thompson, Gianluca Pescaroli
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MANTRA: development and localization of a mobile educational health game targeting low literacy players in low and middle income countries

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Mobile technology is increasingly important for delivering public health interventions to remote populations. This research study developed, piloted, and assessed a serious game for mobile devices that teaches geohazard, maternal, and neonatal
Sonja Mueller, Delphine Soriano, Andrei Boscor, Naomi Saville, Abriti Arjyal, Sushil Baral, Maureen Fordham, Gareth Hearn, Virginie Le Masson, Rachya Kayastha, Patty Kostkova   +10 more
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Challenges with Disaster Mortality Data and Measuring Progress Towards the Implementation of the Sendai Framework

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2019
Disasters exact a heavy toll globally. However, the degree to which we can accurately quantify their impact, in particular mortality, remains challenging.
Helen K. Green, Oliver Lysaght, Dell D. Saulnier, Kevin Blanchard, Alistair Humphrey, Bapon Fakhruddin, Virginia Murray   +6 more
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MANTRA: Improving Knowledge of Maternal Health, Neonatal Health, and Geohazards in Women in Rural Nepal Using a Mobile Serious Game

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Serious games, conveying educational knowledge rather than merely entertainment, are a rapidly expanding research domain for cutting-edge educational technology.
Sonja Mueller, Sonja Mueller, Delphine Soriano, Delphine Soriano, Andrei Boscor, Andrei Boscor, Naomi M. Saville, Abriti Arjyal, Sushil Baral, Maureen Fordham, Maureen Fordham, Gareth Hearn, Rachya Kayastha, Rachya Kayastha, Patty Kostkova, Patty Kostkova   +15 more
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