http://netvouz.com/tag/naturaldisaster?feed=rss Bookmarks tagged with "naturaldisaster" on Netvouz http://maps.grida.no/ UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics library currently contains more than 1,000 items. The mission of GRID-Arendal is to provide environmental information. You can browse the maps and graphics library by region, by theme (biodiversity/conservation, disasters/natural hazards, freshwater, pollution, urban issues, climate change, environment and security, marine issues, poverty, waste), or by collection. Countries smil Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:02:58 GMT http://www.odi.org.uk/portals/index.html ODI is a british independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Economic Research > Growth & Development smil Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:11:57 GMT http://www.em-dat.net/ The EM-DAT Emergency Disasters Database, maintained by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), provides access to information concerning both natural and manmade disasters. Data extend throughout most of the 20th century and include but are not limited to disasters such as famine, wind storms, extreme temperature, industrial accidents, drought, and earthquakes. In addition to viewing the date and frequency of particular disaster types by country or region, the EM-DAT Database also generates the number of people affected, injured or killed and the estimated financial damage. Countries smil Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:03:57 GMT http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/doc114?OpenForm Gateway to maps on humanitarian emergencies and disasters by ReliefWeb. ReliefWeb posts some 150 maps and documents daily from over 2,000 source from the UN system, governments, NGOs, academia and the media. Countries smil Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:54:50 GMT http://pegasys.worldbank.org/hotspot/hotspots/disaster.jsp The interactive, GIS-based website hosted by the World Bank reveals the most vulnerable places on earth at a glance—the countries most prone to six major hazards: droughts, flooding, cyclones, earthquakes, landslides and volcanos. And it shows how natural disasters could affect a country’s population or economy. The website maps mortality risk and economic loss risk, and lists disaster related projects by country. Economic Research > Growth & Development smil Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:41:25 GMT