Land of the Rising Water
Flood disaster management practices and vulnerability in Japan, the Netherlands and elsewhere.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
News in Japan - July
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GEJET: No laughing matter as manga boldly tackle Fukushima Disaster Big Data NHK Documentary Disaster Big Data The Key to Recovery, R...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Heavy rain in the Netherlands
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Here is a video of how the Dutch are handling the recent floods caused by heavy rainfall.
Friday, July 11, 2014
Heatstroke in Japan
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After typhoon No. 8 has passed, summer temperatures above 30 degrees have returned. The ministry of the environment warns against heat stro...
Friday, July 4, 2014
International River Basins
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The UN Watercourses Convention User's Guide (2012) contains maps of all the international river basins in the world. These show where t...
Monday, June 30, 2014
News in Japan - June
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GEJET Independence of Japan's nuclear regulator questioned after shakeup Netherlands Recreational route around Deltaworks opened...
Friday, June 20, 2014
Study limitations
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There are three limitations to the methods I used to estimate the number of vulnerable people: 1) People tend to have multiple characteris...
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Exposure versus vulnerability
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The focus of my thesis lies on measures for vulnerable people in exposed areas. I adopted the UNISDR (2009) definition of vulnerability, wh...
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