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.

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This free supplement of TDC n° 857 (June 2003) presents articles on: volcano and earthquake risks and disasters, in particular with a case study of Kobe's major earthquake (17 January 1995); the volcanic risk and the eventual consequences of a blast; the

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This free supplement of TDC n° 858 (June 2003) presents articles on: major risks in the French Overseas Departments and Territories (DOM-TOM), in particular with a case study on the Réunion Island, which condenses several types of risks (volcanoes

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This book is a summary of the 10 issues of 'Aléas et Enjeux'. It book proposes study cases and various articles on the following themes: avalanches, debris flows and landslides, technological risks, major risks and cities, floods, major risks and rural

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This brainteaser aims to help primary and secondary education students to get basic knowledge, in a playful manner, the field of integral plate tectonics and in particular of the tectonic characteristics which affect us, as a way to understand and explain

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Series title: Es mejor prevenir, no. 4

This issue contains a unit which should be integrated into school curricula. It explains the difference between disaster and emergency and reviews mitigation and prevention measures, as well as the various

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Series title: Es mejor prevenir, no. 4

This activity book addresses secondary school students and invites them to constitute brigades and to take safety measures to protect the educational centre once the risks and the vulnerability have been identified

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This educational guide for the development of risk perception maps at primary education level is meant for teachers and communicators. It is the first implementation phase of the teaching unit "Natural risks and perception" for first and secondary

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Series title: Es mejor prevenir, no. 1

This activity book for students invites them to express their feelings and those of their community in front of emergencies and disasters, to report on the disaster history of their community and to identify

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