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Risk identification and assessment

A qualitative or quantitative approach to determine the nature and extent of disaster risk by analysing potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of exposure and vulnerability that together could harm people, property, services, livelihoods and the environment on which they depend.

Latest Risk identification and assessment additions in the Knowledge Base

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Documents and publications

Towards designing a comprehensive composite index for social vulnerability to natural hazards in the big data era: potential challenges and partial solutions

The study reveals the development of a composite index to evaluate social vulnerability to natural hazards using big data, aiming to incorporate socio-economic and demographic factors, and offer policy implications in disaster preparedness and resilience.
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AI is helping seismologists find the next monster earthquake

Zachary Ross uses machine learning to detect imperceptible earthquakes in California, revealing hidden faults. His pioneering work enhances our ability to face future seismic events by improving earthquake preparedness.
National Geographic Society
Tree rings show historic climatic changes
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WVU researcher says ancient tree rings may help Earth prepare for dangerous space weather

Severe space weather, like Miyake events, disrupts technology by altering radiocarbon in tree rings. The study examines how trees record these events to help prepare for future space weather that could impact satellites and communication systems.
West Virginia University
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Severe thunderstorms are sweeping through southern Australia. But what makes a thunderstorm ‘severe’?

Severe thunderstorms are expected in Southern Australia. Key ingredients include moisture, vertical instability, and wind shear. These storms can trigger tornadoes and worsen fires. Climate change may intensify this, but regional impacts are uncertain.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Documents and publications

Risk assessment for industrial accident prevention

This publication aims to contribute knowledge on risk assessment, a key element of the Convention, which involves risk identification, risk analysis and risk evaluation associated with hazardous activities.
Research briefs

Forest fires are shifting north and intensifying – here’s what that means for the planet

With the help of an AI algorithm, researchers grouped forest regions into distinct zones with similar fire patterns and underlying causes, uncovering the worrying extent to which climate change is fuelling the expansion of forest fires in high latitudes.
Conversation Media Group, the
Research briefs

Understanding landslides: a new model for predicting motion

The finding is an important breakthrough suggesting that a model designed for faults can also be used to predict landslide behavior. The new study used detailed data from two landslide sites in Northern California.
University of California, Santa Cruz
Flood Refuge
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Rapid urbanisation and climate change key drivers of dramatic flood impacts in Nepal

Researchers from Nepal, India, Sweden, Australia, the United States, and the UK collaborated to assess to what extent human-induced climate change altered the likelihood and intensity of extreme rainfall that led to devastating landslides and floods.
World Weather Attribution
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