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Event notice: The EUMA: Specialised Workshop Vienna
The EUMA: Specialised Workshop Vienna: Natural hazards and risks within disaster risk management - Concepts, applications and future trends will take place on 3 and 4 July 2024 in Vienna and will cover topics such as Natural hazards and (multi-resistant) risks in...
Application period for the DKKV Promotional award ends on 14th June 2024
Just over three weeks to go until the application period for this year's DKKV Promotional Award ends! Since 2018, the DKKV has been awarding the "DKKV Promotional Prize" annually to honor current research work and best practice examples related to disaster risk...
Event information: RIMMA2025
On 28 - 31 January 2025, the "RIMMA2025 - International Conference on Forecasting, Preparedness, Warning, and Response" will take place at the University of Bern in Switzerland.The theme of the conference is "Visualisation, Communication, and Information Management"...
Recordings and Feedback on the 2024 German Conference on DRR
It has now been a few weeks since the 2024 Disaster Risk Reduction Symposium. The recordings of both days are now available. If you missed the symposium or would like to watch a session again, you can do so via this link. You can also share your feedback on the...
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What is disaster risk reduction?
Storms, natural hazards and extreme events can quickly become a danger to people and the environment. But climate change, extreme urbanization, power outages and fires also offer potential hazards.
A disaster occurs when the functioning of a community or society is impaired or interrupted and, as a result, high human, material, economic and ecological losses occur that cannot be managed alone.
Precautionary measures can help to reduce the consequences and impact of the disaster. Depending on the hazard and personal circumstances, the precautionary measures to be taken may vary.
Find out more about potential hazards and individual precautionary measures on our topic pages.