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Explore cutting-edge research on disaster risk reduction and resilience through PreventionWeb's dedicated research briefs section. Our platform curates and highlights the most recent academic studies, providing valuable insights into disaster risk management. Each research brief distills key findings from peer-reviewed journals and academic publications.

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These briefs are designed to keep you informed about the latest scientific advances. Links to the full publications are always included, ensuring easy access to in-depth knowledge. Please note that this section exclusively features academic research, distinct from reports by international organizations or Non-Governmental Organisations.

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Australia: Flash flooding risks increase as peak downpours intensify, research shows

Thirty-year weather records from 79 locations across Australia reveal peak downpours during storms are intensifying at warmer temperatures, leading to greater flash flood risks. 'These more intense patterns are leading to more destructive storms, which can significantly influence the severity of flood flows,' says lead author and PhD candidate Conrad Wasko...
University of New South Wales
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Indonesia, the 'disaster laboratory' - Study

According to Prof. Dr Euis Sunarti, the results of a recent study show the importance of families and communities in Indonesia developing resilience to withstand adverse impacts of any disaster. Poor families suffer a higher percentage of loss and their recovery ability is low and long. Natural disaster risk is intimately connected to processes of human development...
Bogor Agricultural University
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New Zealand: Scientists map Auckland’s volcanic hazard zones

A new, geology-based approach has predicted just how susceptible various areas of Auckland are for initial explosive volcanic activity. 'The more information we keep collecting, the better these models ... can inform hazard prevention or control strategies' said Gábor Kereszturi, a PhD student from Massey University’s Institute of Agriculture and Environment...
Massey University
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Australia: Flood disaster risk is more complex than expected

'At the global scale we're increasingly confident that flood risk will change, because a warming atmosphere means more heavy rain. However, for any individual location the changes to flood risk will depend on each region's rainfall patterns. Under certain circumstances the flood risk may actually decrease,' he says...
University of Adelaide, the
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Extreme geohazards: Reducing the disaster risk and increasing resilience

While the probabilities of most natural hazards do not change much over time, the sensitivity of the built environment and the vulnerability of the embedded socio-economic fabric have increased rapidly. This science position paper, to be released 14 April, analyses the potential effects of low-probability high-impact events, which the authors argue may bring our already stressed global society beyond the limits of sustainability...
European Geosciences Union
Community Research and Development Information Service
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200th anniversary of Tambora eruption a reminder of volcanic perils

In January, the Global Volcano Model and the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior issued a report on the hazards and risks of eruptions around the world. According to the January report, 90 percent of the volcano risk worldwide is in the five nations of Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Mexico and Ethiopia...
University of California, Berkeley
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Researchers connect climate change to food safety - Press release

In the future, in a changing climate, will we be able to continue eating safe vegetables and fruit or will this come under pressure? This is the question asked by the Ghent and Wageningen researchers who have brought together the latest information and scientific findings on the impact of climate change on food safety in a special issue...
Wageningen University and Research Centre
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Warming pushes Western U.S. toward driest period in 1,000 years

According to a new study, the results 'are extremely unfavorable for the continuation of agricultural and water resource management as they are currently practiced in the Great Plains and southwestern United States,' said David Stahle, of the University of Arkansas...
Earth Institute, the

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