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Andrew Woodman

ESPON Project 1.3.1 - Technological hazards - Nuclear power plants - 1 views

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hazards chernobyl technological human-induced nuclear power plants

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    Characterization of nuclear power plants in terms of hazards and consideration of risk management and hazard mapping around nuclear power plants
Andrew Woodman

Natural Hazards - Lancs University Course - 0 views

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hazards disasters vulnerability risk response

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    A great, detailed and university level look and the key ideas and concepts that form the basis of the hazards and disasters course we are studying - well worth a closer look.
Andrew Woodman

Risk Perception - 0 views

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hazards risk perception

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    A summary of hazard risk perception and how this affects people's response to hazards and risk.
Andrew Woodman

Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute - 0 views

webra.cas.sc.edu/hvri

hazards vulnerability

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    US focused institute that looks at the newly emerging field of hazard vulnerability science
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Federal Emergency Management Agency - 0 views

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hazards risk response

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    The US federal agency charged with ensuring that all aspect of the human response to hazards and risks in the USA is carried out effectively.
Andrew Woodman

Home | OpenHazards - 1 views

www.openhazards.com

hazards earthquakes

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    Site focused on earthquake forecasting, hazard analysis and diaster planning
Andrew Woodman

Risk perception - all at a glance | Swiss Re - 0 views

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hazards risk response perception insurance

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    Again from Swiss Re; a section on risk perception of natural hazards with a particular focus on how it relates to insurance.
Andrew Woodman

PreventionWeb.net Homepage - 0 views

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hazards disasters response

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  • Andrew Woodman on 03 Feb 10
     
    This site has a lot of detail about efforts to reduce the losses from hazards and disasters, claiming to be - "serving the information needs of the disaster reduction community"
Andrew Woodman

Haiti earthquake: history of natural disasters to hit the country - Telegraph - 0 views

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hazards haiti earthquake

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  • Andrew Woodman on 18 Jan 10
     
    Video and a chronological history of Haiti as a multi-hazard environment.
Andrew Woodman

Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before - 0 views

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hazards disasters worldmapper

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    Hazards and disasters data and maps from Worldmapper
Andrew Woodman

What's new | EM-DAT - 1 views

www.emdat.be

hazards disasters

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    The International Disaster Database with lots of data and statistics related to hazards and disasters.
Andrew Woodman

BBC News - Handling a crisis on the scale of Haiti - 0 views

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hazards disasters haiti response

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    In depth break down of the way the UN and other agencies respond to a major disaster such as the Haiti earthquake. It outlines the priorities and challenges faced by those trying to help in the days and weeks after a major hazard event.
Andrew Woodman

National Hurricane Center - 0 views

www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml

hazards hurricanes katrina

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  • Andrew Woodman on 27 Jan 10
     
    Detailed and comprehensive site from the US covering all aspects of the hurricane hazard including formation, prediction and modeling, impacts and human response.
Andrew Woodman

MapAction Home Page - 0 views

www.mapaction.org

hazards disasters spatial extent human response

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  • In a humanitarian crisis, relief agencies need rapid answers to questions about 'where'. Where are the greatest needs? Where are the gaps that need to be filled?MapAction works in disaster zones providing frequently updated situation maps showing where relief help is most urgently needed.
  • Andrew Woodman on 05 May 10
     
    A site which emphasises the key role spatial information plays in the human response to hazards and disasters.
Andrew Woodman

Horn of Africa: drought risk - Maps - Professional Resources - PreventionWeb.net - 2 views

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hazards drought horn of africa

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    A useful page with hazard maps showing probability of drought within this region
Andrew Woodman

FEMA For Kids: Intensity Scales - 0 views

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hazards disasters intensity

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    Methods used to quantify the intensity of disasters
Andrew Woodman

Transparency: Comparing the Chile and Haiti Earthquakes - Transparency - GOOD - 4 views

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hazards haiti chile vulnerability

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    Good graphics looking at Haiti and Chile earthquakes and considering vulnerability through comparison of Richter scale with Mercalli scale. Focuses on numbers of peole affected (population density) and building standards.
munirih jahanpour

BBC News - Why did so many people die in Haiti's quake? - 0 views

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hazards disasters earthquakes haiti

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  • Why did so many people die in Haiti's quake?
  • poverty also plays its role,
  • the size of the quake , but also how near it is to the surface, the density of the population near its epicentre, as well as whether there are any heavily urbanised areas nearby. These all indicate a higher death toll - and were all features of the Haiti quake.
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  • The devastating earthquakes that hit China on 12 May 2008, Italy on 6 April 2009 and Haiti one month ago all measured above 6.0 and took many lives. But why was the human cost so much greater for Haiti?
  • "Corruption
  • One of the problems in Port-au-Prince is the lack of space, he adds, as well as a constantly shifting and mobile population. The task now for such organisations is to help the people of Haiti get back on their feet, given the inevitable crippling economic cost of such a quake.
  • melisa mincova on 21 Feb 10
     
    A good comparison to Chinese and Italian earthquake's tolls
Andrew Woodman

YouTube - Science Shows Why Haiti Is Prone To Earthquakes - 1 views

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hazards haiti earthquake disasters

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    The tectonic behind the Haiti earthquake explained in clear and simple terms.
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