Documents and publications

This study analyzes seismic data and fault structures in Shandong, China, identifying active zones and risk of future strong earthquakes.

This study refines landslide risk mapping in Spiti Valley, India, using machine learning and improved sampling. It identifies high-risk zones with greater accuracy, crucial for disaster preparedness in this earthquake-prone, mountainous region.

A global review of measles outbreak reports reveals gaps in data completeness and reporting quality. Improved outbreak documentation is vital for managing public health risks and achieving measles elimination, especially in under-resourced regions.

This U.S.-based report provides risk assessment frameworks and testing strategies to curb COVID-19 transmission in K-12 schools, aiming to protect health while ensuring safe in-person learning through evidence-based mitigation and testing protocols.

This framework by the Centre for Disaster Protection guides how to assess value for money in disaster risk financing. It helps governments and agencies choose optimal financial tools for disasters, using examples from Jamaica, Uganda, and Lesotho.

This study explores the impact of floods on mental health. Factors such as age, marital status, type of home, occupation, flood safety rating, and property loss during the 2022 flood were all found to be associated with depression among male respondents.

This paper aimed to assess flood susceptibility mapping in Meghna River basin and identified flood susceptible regions. The outcomes showed that the significant factors influencing flash floods include rainfall, distance from the river and river density.

The authors summarise a major new open-access contribution to disaster risk reduction in mountain regions, i.e., 'HiFlo-DAT' (Himalayan Flood Database for Disaster Risk Reduction), which focusses on the Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India.