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“Measuring Vulnerability to Hazards of Natural Origin” - UNU-EHS Expert Working Group

The overall goal of the UNU-EHS Expert Working Group (UNU-EHS EWG) on Measuring Vulnerability is to promote the advancement of the concept of human security regarding vulnerability of societies to hazards of natural origin. In this context the development of methodologies, approaches and indicators to measure vulnerability is seen as a key task in order to promote a bridge between the theoretical conceptualization of vulnerability and its practical application in decision-making processes. The UNU-EHS Expert Working Group is an exchange platform for experts and practitioners from various scientific backgrounds and world regions dealing with the identification and measurement of vulnerability. Emphasis is given to the identification of the different features and characteristics of vulnerability, coping capacities and adaptation strategies of different social groups, economic sectors and environmental components.

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    7th Expert Working Group on Measuring Vulnerability Meeting

    From 21 to 22 October 2010 the 7th meeting of the UNU-EHS Expert Working Group (EWG) on Measuring Vulnerability took place on the UN Campus in Bonn. More than 20 experts of the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) community and the Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) community from Tanzania, USA, Peru, Canada, Colombia, Australia, United Kingdom, Indonesia and Germany discussed the challenges and constraints of linking DRR and CCA. |Read more

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    Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards

    UNU-EHS proudly announces the UNU Press publication Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards Towards Disaster Resilient Societies, edited by Jörn Birkmann, Academic Officer and Head of Section at UNU-EHS.

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    "Measuring the Unmeasurable" - 2nd UNU-EHS Expert Working Group Meeting

    The UNU-EHS Expert Working Group (EWG) met for a second time, following up on its inaugural meeting in Kobe, Japan in January 2005. The second meeting was larger, welcoming representatives from a variety of German planning and development assistance institutions, partners from on-going field research in Russia and Sri Lanka, as well as a number of young scientists (see EWG II Programme). |Read more

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