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L’assurance des catastrophes naturelles Partnerships | GFDRR Working with over 400 national, community level, and international partners GFDRR provides grant financing, on-the-ground technical assistance helping mainstream disaster mitigation policies into country-level strategies, and thought leadership on disaster and climate resilience issues through a range of knowledge sharing activities. Close cooperation with UN agencies is a cornerstone of this agenda. United Nations After seven years and $30 million of funding through the World Bank’s Development Grant Facility (DGF), GFDRR financing to UNISDR came to a completion in FY14. An independent evaluation of the UNISDR-implemented program shows that, as a result of the work financed by this partnership, there is now a stronger alignment between the UN and World Bank disaster risk management activities. Both the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Hyogo Framework for Action—which specifically addresses the issue of disaster risk—are set to expire in 2015. World Bank

IDMC » Global Estimates 2015 When looking at the largest displacement events in the past seven years, the global trends that drive increased exposure and vulnerability of people in the path of disasters become more apparent. As in previous years, Asia was worst affected by displacement associated with disasters in 2014, with 16.7 million people forced to flee their homes in the region throughout the year. Eleven of the 20 countries worst affected by displacement over the last seven years are all in Asia. China, India and the Philippines, all upper and lower middle-income countries, experienced the highest levels of displacement in absolute terms, both in 2014 and over the last seven years. Disasters related to floods, storms, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in these three countries accounted for 15 of the 20 largest displacement events in 2014. Small island developing states (SIDS) are usually among the worst affected countries each year in relative terms because of their size, location and topography.

Situation géographique des repères de crue Seine Normandie Effectuer des recherches Par défaut, la carte affiche tous les lieux où se trouvent un ou plusieurs repères de crues. Le moteur de recherche, situé dans la colonne de droite, vous propose de faire un tri sur les situations géographiques. Chaque lieu (site) est désigné sur la carte par un marqueur. Un clic gauche sur un marqueur affiche une info-bulle. Cette dernière contient un lien vers la "fiche repères". Il est possible que vous n'obteniez pas de résultats ou qu'il manque un cours d'eau dans la liste. Utilisation de l'onglet "liste" L'onglet "liste" permet d'accéder à la liste des des repères de crues. Cette liste est mise à jour en fonction des recherches effectuées en utilisant le moteur de la colonne de droite. A la différence de la carte, ce ne sont plus les situations géographiques (le site) qui sont ici affichés, mais chacun des repères.

Disaster Assessment Portal ECLAC has been a pioneer in the field of disaster assessment and in the development and dissemination of the Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) methodology. In 1991, the experience gained by ECLAC in disaster assessment was compiled in the first edition of the Handbook for Disaster Assessment. The second edition of the Handbook was published in 2003. Based on the disaster assessment reports lead by ECLAC, a database has been compiled on the sectoral effects of disasters. The organization’s history in assessing disasters started in 1972 with the earthquake that struck Managua, Nicaragua. Please follow the links below to access the Disaster Assessment Reports. Bello, O., Ortiz, L., and Samaniego, J. (2014). Please use the links below to access addition resources, tools and information. Handbook for Disaster Assessment ECLAC’s disasters database World Bank Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) Inter-American Development Bank Disaster Risk Management publications

Natural disaster risk levels of the world's largest cities | GreenAsh Every now and again, Mother Nature reminds us that despite all of our modern technological and cultural progress, we remain mere mortals, vulnerable as always to her wrath. Human lives and human infrastructure continue to regularly fall victim to natural disasters such as floods, storms, fires, earthquakes, tsunamis, and droughts. At times, these catastrophes can even strike indiscriminately at our largest and most heavily-populated cities, including where we least expect them. This article is a listing and an analysis of the world's largest cities (those with a population exceeding 10 million), and of their natural disaster risk level in a variety of categories. My list includes 23 cities, which represent a combined population of approximately 380 million people. That's roughly 5% of the world's population. The world's largest cities. The list (Show details) Notes: Analysis Conclusion So: if you're picking one of the world's largest cities to live in, which would be a good choice?

Base Gaspar Zonage sismique de la France Aujourd’hui, le phénomène sismique est assez bien connu, mais il reste toujours impossible de prévoir où, quand et avec quelle intensité un séisme surviendra. Les connaissances scientifiques actuelles ne permettent pas de donner l’alerte assez tôt avant l’arrivée des ondes destructrices du séisme, en vue notamment de faire évacuer les bâtiments. Or les pertes humaines lors des séismes sont essentiellement dues à l’effondrement des constructions sur leurs occupants. C’est pourquoi, le moyen de prévention le plus efficace contre le risque sismique est la construction parasismique. Le zonage sismique de la France en vigueur depuis le 1er mai 2011 Les avancées scientifiques et l’arrivée du nouveau code européen de construction parasismique - l’Eurocode 8 (EC8) - ont rendu nécessaire la révision du zonage sismique de 1991. zone 1 : sismicité très faible zone 2 : sismicité faible zone 3 : sismicité modérée zone 4 : sismicité moyenne zone 5 : sismicité forte.

El impacto de los desastres naturales en el desarrollo: documento metodológico básico para estudios nacionales de caso | Publicación Con este documento se intenta proveer el marco analítico básico para el análisis del impacto de los desastres y la gestión del riesgo. Su aplicación práctica se plantea en el marco de estudios de caso en distintos países de la región de América Latina y el Caribe, que además de tener el rasgo común de su exposición a la amenaza de desastres, presentan grados distintos de vulnerabilidad tanto por su tamaño y características estructurales e institucionales como por su nivel de desarrollo. Se inicia exponiendo un análisis del riesgo, sus conceptos básicos y la problemática que ello comprende. Les risques côtiers — Français