solutions exist that can almost completely eliminate the risk of such deaths. Why is this? The engineering solutions are both … interventions designed to save lives in developing countries. Nonetheless, a range of public disaster risk-reduction interventions … of low quality - perhaps for similar reasons. This suggests approaches that emphasize simple and limited disaster risk …

a more complete risk analysis of the net benefits of the project. This is illustrated with the earthquake vulnerability … difficulties in risk mitigation investments is that benefits are by nature uncertain. In this context, the standard approach … relying on the average value of benefits may provide an incomplete picture of the efficiency of the risk mitigation project …

The Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) was the first disaster ever recorded that included an earthquake, a tsunami, a … earthquake of magnitude 9.0 occurred in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan's Tohoku region. The quake shook the ground as … far away as western Japan and lasted for several minutes. A half hour later, a tsunami of unprecedented force broke over …

financial loss reduction in the public sector. The objective of this paper is to help to reduce earthquake risk through … concentrations of population and infrastructure, are particularly at risk from catastrophic losses with far-reaching economic … repercussions and human loss. The next earthquake and other large earthquakes in the East Asia region in the near future are …

The response to the January 2010 Haiti earthquake has been in the spotlight ever since the disaster, and a significant … shelter and housing: disaster risk management (DRM), the urban context, and recovery financing …

In the GLDN seminar, the recovery procedures in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake and the Asian tsunami were … discussed. This introduction to Catastrophe Risk Financing Frameworks seminar provided participants with an understanding of … catastrophe risk financing frameworks. In addition, it informed participants of new product lines in risk mitigation and risk …

This report provides an assessment of damages and needs resulting from the earthquake that struck India on the 8m of … mitigate future impact of natural disasters through the strengthening of disaster risk management. The report was prepared in … on key pre-earthquake data. Given that not all information is even to date available to the assessment team members, and …

Following the magnitude (Mw) 7.8 Türkiye-Syria Earthquake on February 6, 2023, and the (Mw) 6.3 earthquake on February … estimate the impact of the earthquake on physical assets and service delivery in the most affected areas. The RDNA covers six … socioeconomic impacts of the earthquake to anticipate repercussions on the economic outlook and on the population's well-being. This …