27 research outputs found
Task 2: Analysis of the MS replies to the EEA request for inventorying existing LU information in the countries : D2 - Report containing an assessment of the LU inventory by MS, including an assessment on the impact of existing / missing LU parameters for the creation of CLC+ LULUCF and Legacy instances
Implementation of CLC+ based on the EAGLE concept âadditional support for further development of CLC+ databases (CLC+ and CLC+ instances, namely CLC+ LULUCF instance and CLC+ Legacy instance) <br/
I will not go, I cannot go: cultural and social limitations of disaster preparedness in Asia, Africa, and Oceania
While much work has been invested in addressing the economic and technical basis of disaster preparedness, less effort has been directed towards understanding the cultural and social obstacles to and opportunities for disaster risk reduction. This paper presents local insights from five different national settings into the cultural and social contexts of disaster preparedness. In most cases, an early warning system was in place, but it failed to alert people to diverse environmental shocks. The research findings show that despite geographical and typological differences in these locations, the limitations of the systems were fairly similar. In Kenya, people received warnings, but from contradictory systems, whereas in the Philippines and on the island of Saipan, people did not understand the messages or take them seriously. In Bangladesh and Nepal, however, a deeper cultural and religious reasoning serves to explain disasters, and how to prevent them or find safety when they strike
Thematic-Mapper-Landnutzungsqualifikation als Beitrag der Fernerkundung fĂŒr ein hydrologisches AbfluĂvorhersagemodell
Zur AufklĂ€rung rĂ€umlich komplexer Prozesse in der Hydrologie können FlĂ€chendaten aus der Fernerkundung einen groĂen Beitrag leisten. Unter Ausnutzung des Zusammenhangs zwischen der Landnutzung und dem AbfluĂ versucht der Autor, den AbfluĂprozess in einem kleinen Einzugsgebiet zu erfassen. Dies geschieht durch den Vergleich von gemessenen AbfluĂganglinien und den mit dem Modell berechneten Ganglinien fĂŒr bekannte Niederschlagsereignisse. In einem weiteren Schritt werden Szenarien erarbeitet, die mögliche zukĂŒnftige Entwicklungen im Untersuchungsgebiet darstellen. Diese Szenarien beschĂ€ftigen sich mit der VerĂ€nderung des Abflusses durch WaldschĂ€den, FlĂ€chenstillegungen und Urbanisierungseffekte