The Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University Kyoto, Japan, is organizing the 12 th International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural ...

The Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan is organizing the 6th International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural ...

Chennai: To create awareness about disasters among students, the University Grants Commission (UGC) directed all higher education institutions to introduce a two-credit disaster risk reduction (DRR) ...

Disaster risk profiles are critical tools that help leaders and disaster risk practitioners make informed decisions on managing disaster risk. National-level disaster risk profiles provide information ...

Anna University in Chennai has launched a new M.Tech programme on Climate Change and Disaster Management from this academic year. To be offered through the Centre for Climate Change and Disaster ...

Barangay officials and responders are set to undergo refresher courses on earthquake response as the Cebu City Government, through the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) ...

The digital risk twin (DRT) adapts digital twin (DT) for disaster risk management (DRM) by integrating automated and manual data collection methods, such as IoT, remote sensing, surveys and field ...

The United Nations system, coordinated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction, has guidelines for nations and municipalities to manage natural hazard risk. Foremost among these, in many ...

This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research on Disaster risk management and resilience. Narrative review articles are also welcomed, to our sister journal Scientific Reviews. For ...

A worker in Thailand clears a road after a major flood. Disasters can threaten the infrastrucutre, investment climate, and human capital that jobs depend on. Photo credit: Adobe Stock At the World ...

The need for comprehensive disaster risk management has never been more evident. In recent years, major storms, earthquakes, wildfires, tornados, derechos, and other destructive large-scale events ...

Bangladesh, a low-lying deltaic country with a subtropical climate and flat topography, is highly vulnerable to natural disasters. Climate change has intensified hazards such as floods, cyclones, ...