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Flood-related disasters this year in Australia, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Sri Lanka and the United States of America – to name but a few – have yet again highlighted that all nations are susceptible to the damaging effects of major storms and flood events.

Population growth, urban development and environmental degradation in coastal areas, combined with the impacts of climate change, are expected to increase the risks.
But, in addition to death and destruction, floods can also promote economic development. Societies in many parts of the world consequently rely heavily on agriculture, fisheries and other activities in rivers and flood-prone delta areas.
"Floods: From Risk to Opportunity" is the theme of the Fifth International Conference on Flood Management in Tokyo, Japan, 27-29 September. This reflects the growing understanding of how to make use of the opportunities provided by floods and flooding, and collectively deal with the risks as part of an all-embracing integrated flood management package. (...)

The article:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/news/ICFM_en.html

The Conference website:
http://www.ifi-home.info/icfm-icharm/icfm5.html

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Sull'argomento:

http://www.greenreport.it/_new/index.php?page=default&id=12522

http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?article3416

http://pubs.iied.org/10605IIED.html?c=urbandev

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13 ottobre - Giornata Internazionale per la Riduzione dei Disastri:

http://www.onuitalia.it/notizie-ottobre-2011/615

http://www.un.org/en/events/disasterreductionday/

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Croce Rossa Internazionale - World Disasters Report 2010:

http://www.ifrc.org/Global/Publications/disasters/WDR/WDR2010-full.pdf

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Sul dissesto idrogeologico in Italia:

http://www.criticamente.it/ambiente/21188

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The Architecture of Disaster Recovery:

http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/node/979