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A Resilient Future: Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Learn how science and technology are helping reduce our risk of disasters.
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Lectures in this MOOC (58)
Science and Technology for Disaster Risk ReductionMOOC: A Resilient Future: Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction
Covers the characteristics of earthquakes, floods, and landslides for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Seismic Hazard: Understanding EarthquakesMOOC: A Resilient Future: Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction
Explores the origin of earthquakes, plate tectonics, seismic activity, and hazard.
Landslide Hazard: A Resilient FutureMOOC: A Resilient Future: Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction
Discusses landslide hazard, factors influencing landslides, classification, impact, and risk reduction.
Flood Hazard: A Resilient FutureMOOC: A Resilient Future: Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction
Explores floods, their formation, consequences, and comparisons with other hazards.
Vulnerability and ExposureMOOC: A Resilient Future: Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction
Examines vulnerability, exposure, factors influencing disasters, and the human dimension of disasters.
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Disaster risk reduction
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) sometimes called disaster risk management (DRM) is a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and reducing the risks of disaster. It aims to reduce socio-economic vulnerabilities to disaster as well as dealing with the environmental and other hazards that trigger them.
Natural disaster
A natural disaster is the highly harmful impact on a society or community following a natural hazard event. Some examples of natural hazard events include: flooding, drought, earthquake, tropical cyclone, lightning, tsunami, volcanic activity, wildfire. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or damage property, and typically leaves economic damage in its wake. The severity of the damage depends on the affected population's resilience and on the infrastructure available.
Risk assessment
Risk assessment determines possible mishaps, their likelihood and consequences, and the tolerances for such events. The results of this process may be expressed in a quantitative or qualitative fashion. Risk assessment is an inherent part of a broader risk management strategy to help reduce any potential risk-related consequences. More precisely, risk assessment identifies and analyses potential (future) events that may negatively impact individuals, assets, and/or the environment (i.e. hazard analysis).
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