Landslide risk represents one of the most severe problems related to natural hazards on a global scale, particularly in areas with high relief. Transportation corridors traversing landslide risk-prone...
Geohazards include almost all hazards affecting road infrastructure such as landslides, debris flows, floods, and erosion. In many countries, the lack of road geohazard risk management is causing the loss...
Mitigating the impacts of landslides requires quantifying the susceptibility of different infrastructures to this hazard through landslide susceptibility mapping. The mapping requires overlaying the spatial...
This is a technical case study report demonstrating monitor, assess, and quantify high mountain geohazard risks for government agencies based on the flooding and landslides in Melamchi watershed in Nepal...
Globally, floods are the most frequent and damaging natural hazard. This poses a serious development challenge to many countries and their efforts to reduce poverty and increase shared prosperity. To help...
Globally, floods are the most frequent and damaging natural hazard. This poses a serious development challenge to many countries and their efforts to reduce poverty and increase shared prosperity. To help...
Operation and maintenance are critical to ensuring the effectiveness of urban flood management investments over time. In the context of human and financial resource constraints, Japanese cities must enhance...
Careful planning and prioritization are critical in the selection of an appropriate mix of integrated urban flood risk management (IUFRM) solutions. An integrated approach to urban flood risk management1...
Understanding the causes of flood disasters, and ways to mitigate them, is an essential first step toward the integrated management of flood risk in cities. This can help decision makers guide investments...
This Knowledge Note summarizes the experiences of, and lessons learned by Japanese cities that have designed and implemented various types of urban flood risk management investments. Building on the broad...
The Third South Asia Regional South-to-South Learning Workshop (SSLW) was organized by the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Unit of the South Asia Region of the World Bank and held from...