On this section you will find information about Probabilistic Risk Assessment or about the CAPRA Initiative.
Understanding Risk Brazil: ScheduleThe 2012 URBR event – Understanding Nature and Reducing Impacts – will be held in Belo Horizonte from November 12th to 14th |
DaLA Santa CatarinaSeguindo uma série histórica de quase 40 anos, o Estado de Santa Catarina foi afetado por chuvas torrenciais entre o final de 2008 e inÃcio de 2009. As caracterÃsticas únicas deste desastre são evidenciadas pelas perdas humanas e prejuÃzos econômicos e pela recorrência das chuvas e subsequentes impactos no inÃcio do ano de 2009. |
DaLA Rio de JaneiroChuvas torrenciais em sete municÃpios da Região Serrana do estado do Rio de Janeiro causaram a morte de mais de 900 pessoas e afetaram mais de 300 mil pessoas em janeiro de 2011. |
DaLA PernambucoEm junho de 2010, Pernambuco enfrentou a pior temporada de chuvas dos últimos anos. Entre os dias 17 e 18 de junho, uma Onda de Leste atingiu o estado e, em 24 horas, choveu 70% do volume esperado para todo o mês. |
DaLA AlagoasAs chuvas do mês de junho de 2010 afetaram de forma significativa o estado de Alagoas gerando impactos econômicos e sociais as comunidades afetadas. Aproximadamente 270 mil pessoas foram afetadas, das quais 44 mil ficaram desalojadas e mais de 28 mil desabrigadas. O número de mortes chegou a 36 e feridos a 1.131 pessoas. |
CAPRA Initiative: Integrating Disaster Risk into Development Policies in LatAmCAPRA is an institutional strengthening effort to integrate disaster risk information into urban development policies and programs to ensure the sustainable development of cities worldwide. |
Urban Risk AssessmentsThe rapid and often unplanned expansion of cities is exposing more people and economic assets to the risk of disasters and the effects of climate change. There is an urgent need for cities to consider disaster and climate change by streamlining assessments of related risks in their planning and management as well as delivery of services. |
Modelación Probabilista del Riesgo SÃsimico de la Ciudad de DavidLa ciudad de David es la zona urbana expuesta a la mayor amenaza sÃsmica de Panamá y, debido a su acelerado crecimiento, muchas veces sin tomar en cuenta las mÃnimas medidas de construcción sismo-resistentes, su grado de vulnerabilidad y exposición es elevado. |
Training on Multi-Hazard risk assessmentAs part of the capacity-building activities of the United Nations University – ITC Center on Spatial Analysis for Disaster Risk Management (UNU-ITC DRM) the Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente, the Netherlands, has developed a training package on the application of GIS for multi-hazard risk assessment. |
Upstream Regulation Adjustments to Ensemble Streamflow PredictionsThe work reported herein addresses the problem of adjusting Ensemble Streamflow Predictions (ESP) to account fot upstream regulation effects to downstream flows in real time. The solution methodology includes the use of regression relationships to eliminate bias in the ESP predictions, among other means. |
Predicting Morphological Changes in Rivers, Estuaries and CoastsFlooding occurs when there is a functional or structural failure of a defence. The first, arise from society’s need to find a compromise between the cost of the defence and the consequences of a flood. Structural failures are generally more dangerous, as they are unexpected and source of notable flooding. |
Integrated Flood Management, Concept PaperAn Integrated Flood Management approach, which is an essential component of Integrated Water Resources Management, can help to balance flood risk management and development needs. |
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