February 23, 2016 6:58 pm
In a country that suffered a devastating earthquake almost three decades ago, private sector researchers are helping to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction by harnessing data to lessen the impact of future shakes...
February 11, 2016 12:22 am
Forecast-based Financing (FbF) is a system to fill gaps in the humanitarian system by using the science of weather and climate to anticipate possible impacts in risk-prone areas and mobilize resources automatically before an event.
February 8, 2016 10:44 pm
The designers intended to make the dam impervious to a one-in-ten-thousand-year flood, but their calculations were based on only three decades of Zambezi flow data—a period too short to permit credible forecasting.
February 8, 2016 5:03 pm
The Vienna City Hall (Rathaus) is one of the landmarks of the Austrian Capital. Visitors are amazed by its Gothic architecture and magnificent interiors - which are famous for hosting lavish events and balls. However, perhaps in direct contrast to these types of events, the Wappensaal of the Rathaus hosted the first ever Understanding Risk Austria event.
February 4, 2016 3:59 pm
Various city representatives gathered for a special breakout session during the recent Understanding Risk & Finance Conference to discuss resilience, the challenges and opportunities for African cities, and share experiences on strengthening resilience.
January 25, 2016 1:51 pm
La idea principal de la aplicacion es determinar el nivel de amenaza sismica del area de interes, el nivel de riesgosismico de la estructura donde vive (se necesita introducir la informacion relevante a la edificacion), y adicionalmente estima el costo necesario para hacer la edificacion sismorresistente, de acuerdo al nuevo codigo sismico de California.
January 24, 2016 4:44 pm
The majority of people who die in landslides die in small-scale ones that kill two or three people, and fall off the radar...The good thing is that you can actually do something about them. You can understand the conditions in the location in question, work out exactly what’s happening there when it rains, and so on.
December 11, 2015 12:22 am
SMS Lapli was developed by computer science students under Code for Resilience (CfR) Haiti, a World Bank and GFDRR-supported program that brings together technological innovators with government services to accelerate Haiti’s resilience to natural disasters...
December 10, 2015 6:00 pm
15 new approaches, ranging from flood simulation technology, to mobile app building, to weather station pilots, and even film production, will be supported in the first round of grants from the Challenge Fund -- a partnership between GFDRR and UK DFID
October 30, 2015 2:43 pm
Join a discussion on visual decision support in flood management, hosted by GFDRR, the World Bank, Visdom, Riocom, VRVis and the Urban Flood Community of Practice (UFCOP).
