Technologies to Support Community Flood Disaster Risk Reduction

Prioritization Community Selection Criteria for Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Intervention

Prioritization Community Selection Criteria for Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Intervention Vahid Ghanbari 1, Ali Ardalan 2, Sirus Salari 3, Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh 2, Mahboubeh Rahimi 4, Farzaneh Talebi 3, Reza Abbaszadeh 2, Asghar Tavan 5, Arezoo Yari 2, 6, * 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran 2Department of Disaster and Eme...

Public Perception of Flood Risk and Community-based Disaster Preparedness

Community-Based Management Challenges in Disaster Risk Reduction: A Content Analysis in Iran

Background: The role of society and people in disaster risk management is prominent. However, using this potential and increasing the people’s role have always been a challenge. The purpose of this study was to find community-based management challenges in disaster risk reduction. Materials and Methods: Participants and Methods: This study was conducted with the qualitative approach and ...

Open technologies for monitoring systems aimed at disaster risk reduction

This research is spearheading the integration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Open Source Hardware (OSHW) in the field of agri-meteorology applications to disaster risk reduction, flood and droughts. A Do-It-Yourself weather station based on OSHW standards has been developed from local sources in Sri Lanka, reporting by SMS to tank/reservoir managers when rainfall is higher than 10m...

Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Sri Lanka

Nawalapitiya• With the opening up of its economy in the mid-1980s, Sri Lanka saw rapid development and growth, especially in the hilly regions. It was also during this period that the country witnessed an escalation In 1965, Maginona and her family were uprooted from the busy commercial center of Nawalapitiya and forced to move to hilly Soysakelle on the outskirts as a temporary shelter from fl...