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Andrew Woodman

Red Cross Red Crescent - World Disasters Report 2009 - 0 views

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hazards disasters response prediction warning

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  • Timely, preventive response to disaster risk requires effective early warning systems that are technically sound, politically viable and communally acceptable. To curb increasing disaster risks and climate change impacts, as highlighted in this year’s World Disasters Report, it is high time to unite and to take concrete concerted actions, for securing human life and livelihoods and protecting socio-economic gains and opportunities.
  • Timely, preventive response to disaster risk requires effective early warning systems that are technically sound, politically viable and communally acceptable. To curb increasing disaster risks and climate change impacts, as highlighted in this year’s World Disasters Report, it is high time to unite and to take concrete concerted actions, for securing human life and livelihoods and protecting socio-economic gains and opportunities.
  • Andrew Woodman on 11 Feb 10
     
    Page which links to the full Red Cross annual report on diasters - this years focus is on early warning, early action.
Andrew Woodman

Federal Emergency Management Agency - 0 views

www.fema.gov/index.shtm

hazards risk response

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  • Andrew Woodman on 11 Feb 10
     
    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

BBC News - How does Haiti differ from post-tsunami Aceh? - 0 views

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hazards response haiti asian tsunami

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  • Andrew Woodman on 26 Jan 10
     
    A comparison of the post-event response between Haiti and tsunami hit Aceh (Indonesia), including a discussion of what has goone wrong in Haiti and an attempt to explain why aid has become bottlenecked.
Andrew Woodman

Haiti earthquake: engineers work out how to rebuild capital to withstand future shocks ... - 0 views

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hazards haiti earthquake human response

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  • Andrew Woodman on 18 Jan 10
     
    A good article on the human response and how Port o Prince needs to be rebuild following a strict seismic code which includes land use zoning and earthquake proof buildings.
Andrew Woodman

BBC News - Social networks and the web offer a lifeline in Haiti - 0 views

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hazards haiti human response

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  • Andrew Woodman on 18 Jan 10
     
    Web 2, social networks and other modern information technology becomes part of the human response in Haiti
Andrew Woodman

Four Years After Katrina: The State Of New Orleans - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...rs-after-katrina_n_270944.html

hazards katrina hurricane response

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  • Andrew Woodman on 25 Jan 10
     
    A look at the longer-term response to Katrina and how people are putting their lives back together after the disaster.
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.
UnHye Kim

BBC News - Chile well prepared for quakes - 1 views

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hazards earthquake Chile

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  • UnHye Kim on 27 Feb 10
     
    This explain the detailed information about Chile Earthquake, such as a magnitude, process and human response.
Andrew Woodman

Risk Perception - 0 views

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hazards risk perception

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  • Andrew Woodman on 26 Jan 10
     
    A summary of hazard risk perception and how this affects people's response to hazards and risk.
Andrew Woodman

BBC News - The Big Picture: Haiti after the earthquake - 0 views

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hazards haiti earthquake

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  • Andrew Woodman on 20 Jan 10
     
    Great maps of the Haiti disaster summarizing the areas affected and the tectonic processes responsible.
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

BBC News - UN Haiti meeting pledges billions - 0 views

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hazards earthquakes haiti reponse

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  • Andrew Woodman on 31 Mar 10
     
    Human response - recontsruction efforts in Haiti.
Juto Yu

Bangladesh Cyclone Death Toll Now 1,723 - CBS News - 0 views

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cyclone death bangladesh

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  • After the 1991 cyclone, foreign donors and Bangladeshi government agencies began building emergency shelters - concrete boxes raised on pillars, each able to hold anywhere from a few hundred to 3,000 people.
  • The official death toll from a savage cyclone that wreaked havoc on southwest Bangladesh reached 1,723 Saturday - the deadliest storm to hit the country in a decade.
  • The official death toll from a savage cyclone that wreaked havoc on southwest Bangladesh reached 1,723 Saturday - the deadliest storm to hit the country in a decade
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  • Several international humanitarian organizations, like UNICEF and CARE, were working alongside government and local volunteer agencies to provide safe drinking water and emergency supplies in the affected areas.
  • After the 1991 cyclone, foreign donors and Bangladeshi government agencies began building emergency shelters - concrete boxes raised on pillars, each able to hold anywhere from a few hundred to 3,000 people.
  • Juto Yu on 12 Mar 10
     
    very severe cyclone hit bangladesh hit 2007, very good response of the government and the humanitarian organizations to reduce the loss
Andrew Woodman

Crisis in the Horn of Africa | WFP | United Nations World Food Programme - Fighting Hun... - 3 views

www.wfp.org/crisis-horn-africa

hazards drought horn of africa food and health famine

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  • The Horn of Africa is the cradle of humanity -- ethnically rich and culturally vibrant. But it's also a region dogged by crisis. This year 17 million people in the region will need emergency assistance.
  • Andrew Woodman on 30 Apr 10
     
    A detailed look at the causes and responses to food issues in the Horn of Africa - drought is a key element of the problem.
Andrew Woodman

Natural Hazards - Lancs University Course - 0 views

www.lancs.ac.uk/...default.htm

hazards disasters vulnerability risk response

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  • Andrew Woodman on 11 Feb 10
     
    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

BBC News - Haiti aid effort one month after earthquake - 1 views

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hazards disasters haiti response

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  • An emergency appeal launched by the international aid community within days of the Haiti earthquake has reached more than 95% of its $577m target.But as the rainy season approaches, and then the hurricane season, the situation for hundreds of thousands of people is still precarious and their needs urgent.
  • Andrew Woodman on 12 Feb 10
     
    Haiti aid overview one month on from the quake.
Andrew Woodman

Recovering a Future - 0 views

www.recoveringafuture.org.uk

hazards earthquakes asian tsunami response

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  • Andrew Woodman on 21 Jan 10
     
    From the British Red Cross, a detailed site looking at how the Red Cross has worked to rebuilt communities since the Asian Tsunami.
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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  • Andrew Woodman on 03 Feb 10
     
    Again from Swiss Re; a section on risk perception of natural hazards with a particular focus on how it relates to insurance.
Andrew Woodman

Large loss fact files - 0 views

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hazards risk response disasters

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  • Andrew Woodman on 03 Feb 10
     
    Information from Swiss Re Insurance company about major events such as Katrina and the Asian Tsunami with a particular focus on insured losses.
Andrew Woodman

BBC World Debate: 'Prevent or React' - Multimedia - Community-based DRR - Themes & Issu... - 0 views

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hazards disasters response

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  • Andrew Woodman on 03 Feb 10
     
    BBC World discussion on how to respond to disaster contrasting prevention with reaction.
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