scholarly journals Early warning system on extreme weather events for disaster risk reduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 80-87
Author(s):  
Jacipt Alexander Ramón-Valencia ◽  
Jordi Rafael Palacios-González ◽  
Germán Rircardo Santos-Granados ◽  
Jarol Derley Ramón-Valencia
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Weather Events

The objective of this research was to propose a strategy based on the design and implementation of an early warning system (EWS) for extreme weather events. This project had the following phases: training for municipal and regional actors, preliminary technical diagnosis of the study areas, monitoring network, and the weather forecasts using numerical models WRF and GFS. This EWS is the result of the Macro-project EWS for Climate Events in the basins of the Pamplonita River and Zulia in the North of Santander (SATC), executed by the University of Pamplona and financed by the National Risk Management Unit (UNGRD) and the German Cooperation Agency (GIZ). The research concluded that the application of a disaster risk reduction strategy through an EWS for extreme weather events is an important tool and instrument for the planning of higher risk management because it helps anticipate disasters and consequently preserve lives.

scholarly journals Enhancing Flood Early Warning System in the HKH Region

2021 ◽  
pp. 169-200
Author(s):  
Karma Tsering ◽  
Kiran Shakya ◽  
Mir A. Matin ◽  
Jim Nelson ◽  
Birendra Bajracharya
Keyword(s):  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Natural Hazard ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Flood Forecasting ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Forecasting And Warning

AbstractFlooding is a chronic natural hazard with disastrous impacts that have magnified over the last decade due to the rising trend in extreme weather events and growing societal vulnerability from global socioeconomic and environmental changes (WMO 2011 in Manual on flood forecasting and warning (WMO-No. 1072)).

scholarly journals The Capacity Building programmes of GITEWS – visions, goals, lessons learned, and re-iterated needs and demands

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Schlurmann ◽  
M. Siebert
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Coastal Regions ◽  
Tsunami Early Warning

Abstract. It was envisioned that the framework of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (GITEWS) should achieve an integral architecture and overarching technical design of an end-to-end tsunami early warning system (TEWS). In order to achieve this ambitious goal on a national and local level, a tailored set of capacity building measures has been started and implemented. The programme was meant and designed to meet requirements and urgent needs considering awareness raising campaigns, technical trainings and higher level education programs. These components have been integrated as complementary modules in order to ensure facilitating the early warning system to be operated, maintained and improved, and that institutions and people in coastal areas will respond adequately and timely in case of future tsunamis. Remarkable progress has been accomplished as well as programs and campaigns are being implemented in regard to a sustainable capacity development conducted by national institutions in Indonesia. Yet, local administrative and preparedness efforts on the Indonesian coastlines are still underdeveloped. This stems from the fact of missing links towards sustainable coastal zone management schemes on a broad local level. Yet, the demand and urgent need for an adequate and integrated disaster risk reduction and management addressing also other hazards in the region of interest is (still) substantial. Given the tragic loss of life and severe damages resulting from the December 2004 tsunami and recent series of severe earthquakes, the need for urgent mitigating action in the imperilled coastal regions of Sumatra and Java remains extremely high. The conceptual Capacity Building framework, its anticipated goals in the beginning of the project and, lately, the finally achieved objectives are promising. A significant contribution for mainstreaming scientific approaches and transfer methodological disaster risk reduction attempts towards other regions exposed to coastal hazards is still pending. Local authorities and researchers in tentative affected regions are now trained and enabled to disseminate and apply their knowledge and planning experience to other coastal regions in the area to help facilitating and multiplying effective disaster management plans and strategies. Yet, the Capacity Building framework within GITEWS also elucidated gaps in the early warning chain so that updated and to some extent re-iterated needs and demands in Capacity Building programs in any future research or development cooperation project are presented and discussed.

scholarly journals The Community – Based Flood Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) in Beringin Watershed in Semarang City

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Tiara Sartika Worowirasmi ◽  
Miun Edi Waluyo ◽  
Yuliana Rachmawati ◽  
Itsna Yuni Hidayati
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Flood Disaster ◽  
Community Based

<p class="Abstract"><em>Pertumbuhan penduduk di Kota Semarang yang terus meningkat </em><em>menyebabkan peningkatan kebutuhan lahan </em><em>untuk pemukiman. Keterbatasan lahan dan </em><em>lemahnya </em><em>penegakan peraturan </em><em>atas</em><em> kepemilikan lahan memicu perubahan penggunaan lahan termasuk perubahan penggunaan lahan di daerah aliran sungai. Rencana Tata Ruang Wilayah Kota Semarang tahun 2011-2031 </em><em>menyebutkan bahwa</em><em> DAS Beringin </em><em>merupakan </em><em>daerah penyangga dengan alokasi pembangunan fisik yang dibatasi</em><em>. </em><em>Akan tetapi saat ini warga memanfaatkan DAS sebagai permukiman. Perkembangan pe</em><em>r</em><em>mukiman di DAS mengurangi kemampuan DAS untuk menangkap air dan juga mengurangi kapasitas sungai karena meningkatnya sedimentasi. Kedua hal tersebut adalah penyebab utama dari adanya bencana banjir bandang (yang biasanya terjadi di musim hujan) di tujuh kelurahan yang ada di DAS Beringin. Kondisi ini diperparah dengan banjir rob yang terjadi di dua kelurahan yang terletak di pesisir. Pada </em><em>tahun </em><em>2012, pemerintah Kota Semarang mengembangkan Sistem Peramalan dan Peringatan Banjir sebagai salah satu Upaya Adaptasi Perubahan Iklim yang dikenal sebagai </em>Flood Early Warning System<em> (FEWS). Salah satu output penting dari FEWS adalah pengurangan r</em><em>e</em><em>siko bencana berbasis masyarakat. Proses partisipasi masyarakat dalam FEWS telah memungkinkan masyarakat untuk mengidentifikasi karakteristik r</em><em>e</em><em>siko bencana, mengusulkan solusi untuk mengurangi r</em><em>e</em><em>siko banjir yang sesuai dengan kearifan lokal, meningkatkan kapasitas masyarakat dan mengatur diri mereka sendiri </em><em>melalui </em><em>kelompok siaga bencana </em><em>secara</em><em> mandiri.</em><em></em></p>

Natural Hazards and Their Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dewald van Niekerk ◽  
Livhuwani David Nemakonde
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Natural Hazard ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Hazard Management ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Sub Saharan

The sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region, along with the rest of the African continent, is prone to a wide variety of natural hazards. Most of these hazards and the associated disasters are relatively silent and insidious, encroaching on life and livelihoods, increasing social, economic, and environmental vulnerability even to moderate events. With the majority of SSA’s disasters being of hydrometeorological origin, climate change through an increase in the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events is likely to exacerbate the situation. Whereas a number of countries in SSA face significant governance challenges to effectively respond to disasters and manage risk reduction measures, considerable progress has been made since the early 2000s in terms of policies, strategies, and/or institutional mechanisms to advance disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management. As such, most countries in SSA have developed/reviewed policies, strategies, and plans and put in place institutions with dedicated staffs and resources for natural hazard management. However, the lack of financial backing, limited skills, lack of coordination among sectors, weak political leadership, inadequate communication, and shallow natural hazard risk assessment, hinders effective natural hazard management in SSA. The focus here is on the governance of natural hazards in the sub-Saharan Africa region, and an outline of SSA’s natural hazard profile is presented. Climate change is increasing the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, thus influencing the occurrence of natural hazards in this region. Also emphasized are good practices in natural hazard governance, and SSA’s success stories are described. Finally, recommendations on governance arrangements for effective implementation of disaster risk reduction initiatives and measures are provided.

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