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This book aims to explain to governments, decision makers and disaster professionals the potential uses of geoinformation technologies for reducing disaster risks and losses, based on the knowledge and experience of experts in these fields. It covers all

This book draws from the contributions to the international workshop on relations between natural hazards and management in Europe, which took place from 22 to 24 October 2002 in the Grande Arche, La Défense, Paris (France).

It first focuses on

JRC scientific and technical reports:

This document contains a summary of the country presentations, group activities, case studies, and results carried out during the second Natech workshop, which hold on 17-18 September 2007 in Stresa, Italy. It aims

The objectives of the DITTY project are to develop scientific bases for sustainable development of Southern European lagoons taking into account all the activities that affect the aquatic environment. Five sites have been identified ranging from the Ria

The NEDIES project is being conducted at Ispra by the Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC), formerly the Institute for Systems, Informatics and Safety (ISIS), of the EC Joint Research Centre (JRC). The objective of the project

In recent years, dramatic river flooding has occurred in several regions of Europe causing numerous casualties and the damage reached unprecedented proportions. The protection of human and capital assets from natural hazards is high in the agenda of the

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

'What happens when a school really lets its pupils down: when the walls collapse sideways and the heavy tiled roof pancakes down in a couple of seconds? ...'