Drills are an important element of disaster management, helping to increase preparedness and reduce the risk of real‐time failure. Yet, they are not applied systematically to slow‐onset disasters such as a drought, which causes damage that is not instantly apparent and thus does not solicit immed...
Muller, A.
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Mora, V.
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Rojas, E.
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Díaz, J.
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Fuentes, O
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Grion, E.
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Gayaan, A.
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Etten, Jacob van
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[Emergency drills for agricultural drought response: A case study in Guatemala]
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Emergency drills for agricultural drought response: A case study in Guatemala
Northern Bihar is one of the major flood prone region in India affecting thousands of human lives and livelihoods during the recurrent floods occurring due to the monsoonal rains. While it is impossible to prevent the occurrence of extreme flood events, disaster planning can help in mitigating it...
Amarnath, Giriraj
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Matheswaran, Karthikeyan
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Pandey, Pooja
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Alahacoon, Niranga
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Yoshimoto, Shuhei
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[Flood mapping tools for disaster preparedness and emergency response using satellite data and hydrodynamic models: a case study of Bagmathi Basin, India]
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Flood mapping tools for disaster preparedness and emergency response using satellite data and hydrodynamic models: a case study of Bagmathi Basin, India
In Africa, hydro-meteorological disasters (HMDs) have hit with increasing frequency and magnitude in recent years, with detrimental impacts on local livelihoods. African countries display a patchwork of national policies and institutional frameworks to address these rising HMDs. This paper examin...
Tall, Arame
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Patt AG
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Fritz, Steffen
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[Reducing vulnerability to hydro-meteorological extremes in Africa. A qualitative assessment of national climate disaster management policies: accounting for heterogeneity]
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Reducing vulnerability to hydro-meteorological extremes in Africa. A qualitative assessment of national climate disaster management policies: accounting for heterogeneity