#naturaldisaster — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/videos/89519/ Avalanche kills at least 11 climbers in southern Russia • FRANCE 24 English #asia #Avalanche #Caucasus #climbers #climbing #disaster #Emergency #Europe #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #infos #MountMizhirgi #mountain #NaturalDisaster #news #rescue #RescueOperation #Russia #short #video

Risk Society events:
 
1. Webinar
"Risk jargon"
Thursday 22 October, 15:00-16:00 Central European Time
https://www.risk-society.com/risk-jargon-compound-complex-and-confusing-2
 
2. Workshop
"Improving Risk Vocabulary"
Friday 13 November, 13:00-17:00 Central European Time
https://www.risk-society.com/lost-for-words-improving-risk-vocabulary
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disasters #risk #RiskSociety #RiskManagement #RiskReduction #RiskAnalysis

EXPERT REACTION: Nepal-Tibet border flash flood

🗨️ Follow the link to read commentary on the disaster

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-nepal-tibet-border-flash-flood

#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #TibetFlood #NepalFlood #NaturalDisaster

EXPERT REACTION: Nepal-Tibet border flash flood

🗨️ Follow the link to read commentary on the disaster

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-nepal-tibet-border-flash-flood

#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #TibetFlood #NepalFlood #NaturalDisaster

EXPERT REACTION: Nepal-Tibet border flash flood

🗨️ Follow the link to read commentary on the disaster

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-nepal-tibet-border-flash-flood

#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #TibetFlood #NepalFlood #NaturalDisaster

EXPERT REACTION: Nepal-Tibet border flash flood

🗨️ Follow the link to read commentary on the disaster

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-nepal-tibet-border-flash-flood

#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #TibetFlood #NepalFlood #NaturalDisaster

Many new additions to:
1. Buy a Hazard https://www.ilankelman.org/buyahazard.html
2. Animal Signs https://www.ilankelman.org/animal-signs.html
 
#hazard #hazards #animal #animals #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #warning #warnings #WarningSign #WarningSigns #EWS #EarlyWarningSystems

Two new #DisastersAvoided articles:
1. Polar https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/framework-avoiding-polar-disasters (free).
2. Mindset and investment https://crisis-response.com/Articles/744055/CRJ_21_2.aspx (subscription).

More at https://disastersavoided.com
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters

"Disaster Psychology: Trends in Psychological First Aid After Disasters"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disaster-by-choice/202608/trends-in-psychological-first-aid-after-disasters
 
#DisasterPsychology #PsychologicalFirstAid #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthFirstAid #MHFA #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters

"Disaster by Choice" (book) is now available in #Russian https://infra-e.ru/products/978-5-9729-3182-8 "На пути к формализму риска. Катастрофа как выбор".
Original in #English https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disaster-by-choice-9780198841357
...and in #German "#Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68680-5
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters

📍 Tropical Storm Bertha 🕐 Tue 21 Jul 2026 14:15 UTC ⛈️ Storm Alert 🟠 Active 🔗 https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_21437 #SevereStorm #NaturalDisaster #EarthAlerts #DisasterAlert #BreakingNews #Environment #Nature #Science #Prepping #TropicalStormBertha

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📍 Tropical Storm Bertha 🕐 Tue 21 Jul 2026 14:15 UTC ⛈️ Storm Alert 🟠 Active 🔗 https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_21437 #SevereStorm #NaturalDisaster #EarthAlerts #DisasterAlert #BreakingNews #Environment #Nature #Science #Prepping #TropicalStormBertha

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📍 Tropical Storm Bertha 🕐 Tue 21 Jul 2026 14:15 UTC ⛈️ Storm Alert 🟠 Active 🔗 https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_21437 #SevereStorm #NaturalDisaster #EarthAlerts #DisasterAlert #BreakingNews #Environment #Nature #Science #Prepping #TropicalStormBertha

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📍 Tropical Storm Bertha 🕐 Tue 21 Jul 2026 14:15 UTC ⛈️ Storm Alert 🟠 Active 🔗 https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_21437 #SevereStorm #NaturalDisaster #EarthAlerts #DisasterAlert #BreakingNews #Environment #Nature #Science #Prepping #TropicalStormBertha

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📍 Tropical Storm Bertha
🕐 Tue 21 Jul 2026 14:15 UTC
⛈️ Storm Alert 🟠 Active

🔗 https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_21437

#SevereStorm #NaturalDisaster #EarthAlerts #DisasterAlert #BreakingNews #Environment #Nature #Science #Prepping #TropicalStormBertha

📍 Tropical Storm Bertha
🕐 Tue 21 Jul 2026 14:15 UTC
⛈️ Storm Alert 🟠 Active

🔗 https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_21437

#SevereStorm #NaturalDisaster #EarthAlerts #DisasterAlert #BreakingNews #Environment #Nature #Science #Prepping #TropicalStormBertha

📍 Tropical Storm Bertha
🕐 Tue 21 Jul 2026 14:15 UTC
⛈️ Storm Alert 🟠 Active

🔗 https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_21437

#SevereStorm #NaturalDisaster #EarthAlerts #DisasterAlert #BreakingNews #Environment #Nature #Science #Prepping #TropicalStormBertha

📍 Tropical Storm Bertha
🕐 Tue 21 Jul 2026 14:15 UTC
⛈️ Storm Alert 🟠 Active

🔗 https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_21437

#SevereStorm #NaturalDisaster #EarthAlerts #DisasterAlert #BreakingNews #Environment #Nature #Science #Prepping #TropicalStormBertha

"How to Prevent #Disasters - A Cup of Tea With, #Podcast" https://uclpress.co.uk/podcast/how-to-prevent-disasters-ilan-kelman
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisasterPrevention #Prevention #DisasterMitigation #Mitigation #DisasterPreparedness #Preparedness

📍 Typhoon Jangmi
🕐 Fri 05 Jun 2026 16:35 UTC
⛈️ Storm Alert 🟠 Active

🔗 https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_20279

#SevereStorm #NaturalDisaster #EarthAlerts #DisasterAlert #BreakingNews #Environment #Nature #Science #OffGrid #TyphoonJangmi

"Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response".
https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/the-arctic-institutes-2026-polar-disaster-risk-reduction-response-series-an-introduction
Edited with Jeevan Toor for The Arctic Institute. The introduction is available and the articles will appear over the next month.
 
#Antarctic #Antarctica #Arctic #PolarScience #PolarResearch #polar #OpenAccess #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters
 

For UCL's 200th birthday, the 16th UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/events/2026/jun/16th-ucl-risk-disaster-reduction-annual-conference
In person, 24 June 0900-1800, UCL's east London campus at Stratford.
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #UrbanStudies #cities #UCL

For UCL's 200th birthday, the 16th UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/events/2026/jun/16th-ucl-risk-disaster-reduction-annual-conference
In person, 24 June 0900-1800, UCL's east London campus at Stratford.
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #UrbanStudies #cities #UCL

For UCL's 200th birthday, the 16th UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/events/2026/jun/16th-ucl-risk-disaster-reduction-annual-conference
In person, 24 June 0900-1800, UCL's east London campus at Stratford.
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #UrbanStudies #cities #UCL

For UCL's 200th birthday, the 16th UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/events/2026/jun/16th-ucl-risk-disaster-reduction-annual-conference
In person, 24 June 0900-1800, UCL's east London campus at Stratford.
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #UrbanStudies #cities #UCL

For UCL's 200th birthday, the 16th UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/events/2026/jun/16th-ucl-risk-disaster-reduction-annual-conference
In person, 24 June 0900-1800, UCL's east London campus at Stratford.
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #UrbanStudies #cities #UCL

"#Webinar: #Donkeys as Agents of #Drought #Resilience"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_CCF4RbvWk
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #donkey #droughts #equids

"Can risk be managed without measuring it?"
https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/can-risk-be-managed-without-measuring-it-0

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #Risk #RiskManagement #RiskReduction #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters

A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

   We are told by the Bible and by the churches that through this fall of man
   “Sin and death entered the world.”
   According to this, just as soon as Adam and Eve had partaken of the forbidden fruit, God began to contrive ways by which he could destroy the lives of his children. He invented all the diseases — all the fevers and coughs and colds — all the pains and plagues and pestilences — all the aches and agonies, the malaria and spores; so that when we take a breath of air we admit into our lungs unseen assassins; and, fearing that some might live too long, even under such circumstances, God invented the earthquake and volcano, the cyclone and lightning, animalcules to infest the heart and brain, so small that no eye can detect — no instrument reach. This was all owing to the disobedience of Adam and Eve!

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1884-01-20), “Orthodoxy,” Tabor Opera House, Denver, Colorado

More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #Adam #apple #Bible #Christianity #death #disease #disobedience #divinejustice #divinepunishment #divineretribution #divinewrath #Eve #fallofman #forbiddenfruit #God #naturaldisaster #sin #thefall

Thank you to John Richardson and the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience for the review of "Disaster by Choice" https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/ajem-january-2026-disasters-are-not-natural-review-of-disasters-by-choice-how-our-actions-turn-natural-hazards-into-catastrophes
 
-"Disaster by Choice" https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disaster-by-choice-9780198841357
-"Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68680-5
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #Katastrophen

"Is nature angry with us?"
https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/nature-angry-us
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters

New open access chapter:
Working #Equids in #Disasters
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-00313-3_4
 
In "The Palgrave Handbook of Human-Animal Interactions in the Global Context of Climate Change, Disasters, and Other Crises" Edited by H. Wu, K. Breen, S.E. DeYoung, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-00313-3
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #AnimalsDisasters #DisastersAnimals

Recent newsletters:

1. #Warning Research Centre newsletter https://mailchi.mp/d6df32c4e7c7/warning-research-centre-october-2025-newsletter-6741764 #EWS #WarningSystems
 
2. #DisastersAvoided newsletter https://mailchi.mp/9ac4eaca5c4c/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
 
#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters ).

Recently published:
 
1. "Planetary Dysregulation and Our #MentalHealth" https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202510/planetary-dysregulation-and-our-mental-health
 
2. "The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on #Health and #ClimateChange" https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01919-1/abstract #ClimateHealth #HealthClimate
 
3. "Operational #Ethics for Researching #Geohazards" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03754-1_5 #Geoethics
 
#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters).

"Antarctic Disasters - And Avoiding Them"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL3u5rsYO5c
Presentation at the 2025 Conference of SCAR SC-HASS (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Standing Committee on the Humanities and Social Sciences)
 
#Antarctic #Antarctica #PolarResearch #DisastersAvoided #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement

Cebu is not known to be as quake-prone — until the September 30 earthquake

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/science/earth-space/cebu-not-known-earthquake-prone-until-september-30-2025/

New book:
"Small States and International Law"
https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/57234
Edited by Petra Butler, Jean-Pierre Gauci, and Georgia Greville.
 
My chapter "Disasters and Small States".
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #SmallStates #InternationalLaw

New paper:
"From multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) to all-vulnerability warning systems (AVWS)"
Free to download https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112977

#EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterWarning #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #MHEWS

Barriers To Quantifying Human Alterations Of Global Floodplains And How We Can Overcome Them
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100433 <-- shared paper
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#floodplains #floodplain #development #alterations #flood #flooding #risk #hazard #management #planning #humanimpacts #mitigation #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #landuse #spatialanalysis #monitoring #mitigation #humanimpacts #riverine #watersecurity #population #foodsecurity #waterquality #waterresources #degradation #damage #infrastructure #loss #cost #economics #extremeweather #climatechange #waterstorage #groundwater #watershed #water #hydrology #hydrography #naturaldisaster #spatiotemporal

New Book: "Understanding and Addressing #DisasterRisk"
Free PDF from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003292814 with thanks to UCL Open Access.
 
And a reminder of the free PDF book published in February:
"Development and Disasters: Natural hazards and vulnerability reduction" (2nd ed.).
https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/development-and-disasters with thanks to UCL Open Access.
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement

Assessment Of Western Oregon Debris-Flow Hazards In Burned And Unburned Environments
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https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.70045 <-- shared paper
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[with more and more catastrophic wildfires, the engineering geology awareness and possible mapping of post-fire debris flow risk is important]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #wildfire #fire #oregon #risk #hazard #geology #geomorphology #risk #hazard #landslide #massmovement #landslide #postfire #soil #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #engineeringgeology #extremeweather #naturaldisaster #debrisflow #mechasisms #property #infrastrure #publicsafety #lossoflife #model #modeling #calibration #water #hydrology #inventory #hazardassessment #geomorphometry

https://www.alojapan.com/1224852/what-happens-if-mount-fuji-erupts-japan-lays-out-major-disaster-action-plan/ What happens if Mount Fuji erupts? Japan lays out ‘major disaster’ action plan #2011Earthquake #DisasterMaps #EvacuationPlans #FukushimaPrefecture #HoeiEruption #KantōRegion #MountFuji #MountFujiNews #MountFuji #NaturalDisaster #news #NortheasternJapan #ShizuokaPrefecture #Tokyo #VolcanicAsh #富士山 Japan has released a report detailing countermeasures to be taken if Mount Fuji were to erupt and release vast amounts of volcanic ash across the ea…

https://www.alojapan.com/1224852/what-happens-if-mount-fuji-erupts-japan-lays-out-major-disaster-action-plan/ What happens if Mount Fuji erupts? Japan lays out ‘major disaster’ action plan #2011Earthquake #DisasterMaps #EvacuationPlans #FukushimaPrefecture #HoeiEruption #KantōRegion #MountFuji #MountFujiNews #MountFuji #NaturalDisaster #news #NortheasternJapan #ShizuokaPrefecture #Tokyo #VolcanicAsh #富士山 Japan has released a report detailing countermeasures to be taken if Mount Fuji were to erupt and release vast amounts of volcanic ash across the ea…

New book:
"Development and Disasters: Natural hazards and vulnerability reduction" (2nd ed.) by J. Lewis and I. Kelman.

Free PDF download https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/development-and-disasters thanks to UCL Open Access.

Practical Action Publishing.

#OpenAccess #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #development #hazards #NaturalHazards #vulnerability #resilience

Gender, Disaster, and the Sendai Framework: A Decade of Progress?
18 March 2025, 1830-2100.
At University College London, UK, in-person only, recorded for YouTube.
Programme and registration https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/events/2025/mar/gender-disaster-and-sendai-framework-decade-progress
 
#GenderDisaster #DisasterGender #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisasterPrevention

Study for a disaster Master's degree at University College London, UK.
See https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/study/masters-programmes for applications and funding for:
-MSc Risk, Disaster and Resilience.
-MSc Risk and Disaster Science.
-MRes Risk and Disaster Reduction.
Deadlines: Non-UK 4 April and UK 29 August.
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters

Study Warns Of Glacial Outburst [GLOF] Risks From Hydropower Projects In The Himalayas, Caution Comes After Nod To Resume Testa III [Hydroelectric Project, India]
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/study-warns-of-glacial-outburst-risks-from-hydropower-projects-in-himalayas-caution-comes-after-nod-to-resume-teesta-iii/articleshow/117753719.cms <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads2659 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #GLOF #Sikkim #Himalayas #India #climatechange #flood #flooding #risk #hazard #hydroelectric #HEP #energy #TestaIII #testa #dam #failure #engineeringgeology #engineering #construction #multihazard #melting #glacier #glacial #climatechange #weather #lowpressuresystem #planning #glaciallakes #lakes #water #hydrology #naturaldisaster #Lhonak #downstream #elevation #steepness #slope #geometry #infrastructure #publicsafety #lateral #moraine #sedimentation #cost #economics #remotesensing #model #modeling #imagery #outburstflood #overtopping #hydropower #vulnerable #humanimpact #policy #riskmanagement #warning #rainfall #precipitation

"Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68680-5
The #German translation of "Disaster by Choice" https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disaster-by-choice-9780198841357
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #Katastrophen

How are natural #DisasterResistant design elements integrated into #Solarpunk buildings?

Publication date: 2023-09-02

"In Solarpunk buildings, #NaturalDisaster-resistant design elements are integrated through a combination of passive and active design strategies. Here are a few ways in which these elements can be incorporated:

1. Site selection and orientation: Solarpunk buildings are typically situated in areas that are less susceptible to natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, or tsunamis. Careful evaluation of the site's history and potential risks helps in choosing locations that are more resilient. Additionally, the building orientation can be optimized to maximize natural light and minimize exposure to prevailing winds or storms.

2. Structural reinforcements: Solarpunk buildings embrace resilient construction techniques to withstand natural disasters. This may include reinforced foundations, #earthquake-resistant designs, #hurricane-resistant materials, and robust structural systems that can withstand high winds, seismic activity, or even #ExtremeWeather events.

3. Green roofs and rainwater harvesting: Green roofs, which incorporate vegetation on the rooftop, offer several benefits when it comes to natural disaster resilience. They can help mitigate stormwater runoff, reducing the strain on existing drainage systems during heavy rainfalls or floods. Additionally, rainwater harvesting systems can be implemented to collect and store rainwater for future use, serving as an alternative water source during emergencies.

4. Passive climate control: Solarpunk design emphasizes #PassiveCooling and heating strategies to reduce energy consumption and reliance on mechanical systems. Natural ventilation through well-placed windows, louvers, or roof vents can help regulate indoor temperatures. By not relying heavily on air conditioning units, Solarpunk buildings can maintain habitability even during power outages caused by natural disasters.

5. #Renewable energy systems: Solarpunk buildings integrate renewable energy systems like solar panels or wind turbines to generate electricity on-site. This reduces dependence on centralized energy grids, making the building more self-sufficient and resilient in the face of power disruptions caused by natural disasters. Battery storage systems can also be incorporated to store excess energy and provide backup power during emergencies.

6. Water management and flood-resistance: Solarpunk buildings employ strategies such as permeable paving, #RainGardens, and water retention ponds to manage #stormwater. These features help minimize the risk of #flooding and prevent damage caused by heavy rains or extreme weather events.

"By combining these design elements, Solarpunk buildings aim to create sustainable and resilient structures that can better withstand the challenges posed by natural disasters."

Source:
https://houses-apartments.com/en/architecture/solarpunk-architecture/how-are-natural-disaster-resistant-design-elements-integrated-into-solarpunk-buildings
#BuildingTechniques #BuildingForClimateChange #BuildingDesign #SolarPunkSunday #ClimateChangeAdaptation

Earthquake Mitigation Planning Guide for Communities! [FEMA]
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https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/FEMA_Earthquake_Mitigation_Planning_Guide_for_Communities508.pdf <-- shared guide
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