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13:05, 8 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Capacity (Created page with "'''Definition''' The combination of all the strengths, attributes, and resources available within an organisation, community, or society to manage and reduce disaster risks and strengthen resilience. '''Source''' UNDRR (2016). Report of the open-ended intergovernmental expert working group on indicators and terminology relating to disaster risk reduction Available at: https://www.undrr.org/terminology/capacity '''See also''': Disaster Risk|<span style="color: fuch...")
11:40, 8 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page MediaWiki:Tweeki-navbar-brand (Created page with " File:logo.png")
16:36, 7 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs performed unknown action "review/approve" on Adaptation Tipping Point ([Accuracy: Spot checked])
16:34, 7 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs performed unknown action "review/unapprove" on Adaptation Tipping Point
16:37, 4 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Pathways Generator (Created page with " '''Latest Version''': 2017 '''Access''': Freely available to download from website '''Link''': https://publicwiki.deltares.nl/display/AP/Pathways+Generator '''Organisation(s) / Author(s)''': [https://www.deltares.nl/en/ Deltares], [https://sites.google.com/site/carthagowebsite/ Carthago Consultancy] '''Description''' '''Technical considerations''' The Pathways Generator is available to download from the [https://publicwiki.deltares.nl/display/AP/Pathways+Genera...")
13:56, 4 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Oasis Loss Modelling Framework (Created page with " '''Year of publication''': '''Access''': Open access '''Link''': https://oasislmf.org/, https://oasislmf.github.io/ '''Organisation(s) / Author(s)''': Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione di Bologna, Italy; School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, UK; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione di Roma, Italy; UK Meteorological Office '''Description''' Framework for probabilistic hazard assessment of lahars with...")
14:15, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Societal) Robustness (Created page with "'''Definition''' Robustness of a system of systems might be maximized using different perspectives: a "social planner's perspective" might want to maximize the welfare for the entire system, while a 'pragmatists perspective' might be accounting for the power dynamics. '''Source''' Gold, D. F., Reed, P. M., Gorelick, D. E., & Characklis, G. W. (2022). Power and Pathways: Exploring Robustness, Cooperative Stability, and Power Relationships in Regional Infrastructure Inv...")
14:13, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Robustness Conflicts (Created page with "'''Definition''' The existence of unacceptable compromises to some cooperating actors in a strategy (e.g., for risk management). '''Source''' Based on: Beh, E.H.Y., Zheng, F., Dandy, G.C., Maier, H.R., & Kapelan, Z. (2017). Robust optimization of water infrastructure planning under deep uncertainty using metamodels, Environmental Modelling & Software, 93, 92 – 105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.03.013 '''See also''': Robustness; (Societal) Robustne...")
14:10, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Robustness (Created page with "'''Definition''' The insensitivity [of a system] to future conditions and the ability to perform satisfactorily over a broad range of future conditions. '''Source''' Based on: Beh, E.H.Y., Zheng, F., Dandy, G.C., Maier, H.R., & Kapelan, Z. (2017). Robust optimization of water infrastructure planning under deep uncertainty using metamodels, Environmental Modelling & Software, 93, 92 – 105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.03.013 '''See also''': Robustness C...")
14:06, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Compound) Relationships (Created page with "'''Definition''' Two different natural hazards that impact the same time period and spatial area. Compound hazards can have a footprint with spatial and temporal characteristics that differs from the component single hazards. '''Source''' Tilloy, A., Malamud, B., & Joly-Laugel, A. (2021). A Methodology for the Spatiotemporal Identification of Compound Hazards: Wind and Precipitation Extremes in Great Britain (1979–2019). Earth System Dynamics Discussions, 1-45. Zsc...")
14:03, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Amplification) Relationship (Created page with "'''Definition''' The occurrence of one hazard can increase the likelihood and/or magnitude of additional hazards in the future (e.g., forest fires can amplify the triggering of debris flows during heavy rain). '''Source''' Ciurean, R., Gill, J.C., Reeves, H., O’Grady, S.K., Donald, K., & Aldridge, T. (2018). Review of multi-hazards research and risk assessments, British Geological Survey Engineering Geology & Infrastructure Programme. Open Report OR/18/057, 109 pp....")
14:02, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Triggering) Relationship (Created page with "'''Definition''' One hazard causing another hazard to occur Any natural hazard might trigger zero, one, or more secondary natural hazards, with these being either the same or different from the primary hazard. '''Source''' Ciurean, R., Gill, J.C., Reeves, H., O’Grady, S.K., Donald, K., & Aldridge, T. (2018). Review of multi-hazards research and risk assessments, British Geological Survey Engineering Geology & Infrastructure Programme. Open Report OR/18/057, 109 pp....")
12:42, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Systemic) Risk (Created page with "'''Definition''' Risk of a ‘System’ due to interaction effects of elements of a system. '''Source''' [https://www.myriadproject.eu/ MYRIAD-EU] UNDRR (2022). Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022: Our World at Risk: Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future. Geneva, https://www.undrr.org/gar2022-our-world-risk#container-downloads '''See also''': (Individual) Risk; System; Systemic Perspective Back to '''Definitions'''")
12:35, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Individual) Risk (Created blank page)
12:27, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Emergent) Risk (Created page with "'''Definition''' A risk that arises from the intersection of phenomena in a complex system. For example, risk caused when geographic shifts in human population in response to climate change lead to increased vulnerability and exposure of populations in the receiving region. '''Source''' Oppenheimer, M., M. Campos, R.Warren, J. Birkmann, G. Luber, B. O’Neill, and K. Takahashi, 2014: Emergent risks and key vulnerabilities. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation...")
12:25, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Probabilistic) Risk (Created page with "'''Definition''' The consideration of all possible scenarios, their likelihood, and associated impacts. This method contains the idea of uncertainty because it incorporates the concept of randomness. '''Source''' PreventionWeb (2015). Deterministic and probabilistic risk. Available at: https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/key-concepts/deterministic-probablistic-risk OECD (2012). Disaster Risk Assessment and Risk Financing A G20/OECD Methodologica...")
12:23, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Deterministic) Risk (Created page with "'''Definition''' Deterministic risk considers the impact of a single risk scenario (as opposed to probabilistic risk). Assessments of deterministic risk therefore provide a single point estimate of risk at a site of concern. '''Source''' PreventionWeb (2015). Deterministic and probabilistic risk. Available at: https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/key-concepts/deterministic-probablistic-risk OECD (2012). Disaster Risk Assessment and Risk Financing...")
12:17, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Risk Dynamics (Created page with "'''Definition''' A term used to encompass the interrelationships between and evolution through time of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability, and underlying risk drivers '''Source''' [https://www.myriadproject.eu/ MYRIAD-EU] '''See also''': [https://www.undrr.org/terminology/disaster-risk Disaster Risk]; [https://www.undrr.org/terminology/disaster-risk-reduction Disaster Risk Reduction] Back to '''Definitions'''")
12:14, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Risk Perception (Created page with "'''Definition''' The subjective judgment that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk. '''Source''' IPCC (2022). Annex II – Glossary. In IPCC (2022) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Available at https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/ '''See also''': [https://www.undrr.org/terminology/disaster-risk Disaster Risk] Back to '''Definitions'''")
12:07, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Probable Maximum Loss (Created page with "'''Definition''' The maximum loss that an insurer would be expected to incur on a policy. '''Source''' Society of Actuaries (2022) Probable Maximum Loss. Available at: https://actuarialtoolkit.soa.org/tool/glossary/probable-maximum-loss-pml Back to '''Definitions'''")
12:06, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Probabilistic Event Modelling (Created page with "'''Definition''' Modelling a series of simulated events, accounting for the probability of those events over time (stochastic event set) or using the classical method (probabilistic model). '''Source''' [https://www.myriadproject.eu/ MYRIAD-EU] Work Package 5 Back to '''Definitions'''")
12:04, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Adaptation) Pathways (Created page with "'''Definition''' A series of adaptation choices involving trade-offs between short-term and long-term goals and values. These are processes of deliberation to identify solutions that are meaningful to people in the context of their daily lives and to avoid potential maladaptation. '''Source''' IPCC (2022). Annex II – Glossary. In IPCC (2022) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Available at https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/ '''See also''...")
12:02, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Pathway (Created page with "'''Definition''' The temporal evolution of natural and/or human systems towards a future state. '''Note''': Pathway concepts range from sets of quantitative and qualitative scenarios or narratives of potential futures to solution-oriented decision-making processes to achieve desirable societal goals. Pathway approaches typically focus on biophysical, techno-economic, and/or socio-behavioural trajectories and involve various dynamics, goals, and actors across different...")
11:57, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Paired Disaster Study (Created page with "'''Definition''' A type of empirical case study, that analyses changing conditions, and changes in the impacts of consecutive disasters that occurred in the same region over time. '''Source''' Kreibich, H., Di Baldassarre, G., Vorogushyn, S., Aerts, J.C., Apel, H., Aronica, G.T., Arnbjerg‐Nielsen, K., Bouwer, L. M., Bubeck, P., Caloiero, T., Chinh, D. T., Cortès, M., Gain, A. K., Giampá, V., Kuhlicke, C, Kundzewicz, Z. W., Llasat, M.C., Mård, J., Matczak, P., Maz...")
11:48, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Opportunity Tipping Points (Created page with "'''Definition''' Points at which a particular action becomes feasible or attractive, for example because of lower costs of actions or technical developments. '''Source''' Haasnoot, M., Warren, A., & Kwakkel, J. H. (2019). Dynamic adaptive policy pathways (DAPP). In Decision making under deep uncertainty (pp. 71-92). Springer '''See also''': Adaptation Back to '''Definitions'''")
11:43, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Nature-Based Solutions (Created page with "'''Definition''' Actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems, that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits. '''Source''' IUCN (2021) Nature-Based Solutions. Available at: https://www.iucn.org/commissions/commission-ecosystem-management/our-work/nature-based-solutions Back to '''Definitions'''")
11:41, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Natural Resources (Created page with "'''Definition''' Actual or potential sources of wealth that occur in a natural state, such as timber, water, fertile land, wildlife and minerals. '''Source''' PEDRR (2010) Glossary. Available at: https://pedrr.org/glossary/ Back to '''Definitions'''")
11:39, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page NATECH Events (Created page with "'''Definition''' Technological accidents triggered by a natural hazard or disaster which result in consequences involving hazardous substances (e.g., fire, explosion, toxic release) '''Source''' European Commission Joint Research Centre (2021). eNatech: Natural hazard-triggered technological accidents database. Available at: https://enatech.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ '''See also''': [https://www.undrr.org/terminology/hazard Hazard]; (Cascading) Hazard Back to '''Defi...")
11:29, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Multi-Hazard Event Sets (Created page with "'''Definition''' A list of multi-hazard events over a given time period. '''Source''' [https://www.myriadproject.eu/ MYRIAD-EU] Work Package 5 '''See also''': [https://www.undrr.org/terminology/hazard Hazard]; Multi-hazard Back to '''Definitions'''")
11:27, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Multi-Layer Single Hazards (Created page with "'''Definition''' More than one hazards are considered, but not the interrelationships between these (i.e., they are treated as discrete, independent). '''Source''' Gill, J. C., & Malamud, B. D. (2014). Reviewing and visualizing the interactions of natural hazards. Reviews of Geophysics, 52(4), 680-722. Zschau. (2017). Where are we with multihazards, multirisks assessment capacities? Available at: https://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/portals/0/Knowledge/ScienceforDRM/ch02/c...")
11:24, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Multi-Risk (Created page with "'''Definition''' Risk generated from multiple hazards and the interrelationships between these hazards (and considering interrelationships on the vulnerability level). '''Source''' Zschau. (2017). Where are we with multihazards, multirisks assessment capacities? Available at: https://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/portals/0/Knowledge/ScienceforDRM/ch02/ch02_subch0205.pdf '''See also''': [https://www.undrr.org/terminology/hazard Hazard]; Hazard Interrelationships; [http...")
11:22, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Multi-Hazard Risk (Created page with "'''Definition''' Risk generated from multiple hazards and the interrelationships between these hazards (but not considering interrelationships on the vulnerability level). '''Source''' Zschau. (2017). Where are we with multihazards, multirisks assessment capacities? Available at: https://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/portals/0/Knowledge/ScienceforDRM/ch02/ch02_subch0205.pdf '''See also''': [https://www.undrr.org/terminology/hazard Hazard]; Hazard Interrelationships; [...")
11:16, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Climate Change) Mitigation (Created page with "'''Definition''' A human intervention to reduce emissions or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases. '''Source''' IPCC (2022). Annex II – Glossary. In IPCC (2022) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/ UNDRR (2016) [https://www.undrr.org/terminology/mitigation Mitigation] Back to '''Definitions'''")
11:15, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Hazard Impact) Mitigation (Created page with "'''Definition''' The lessening of the potential adverse impacts of a hazardous event (including those that are human-induced) through actions that reduce hazard, exposure and vulnerability. Thus, an initial impact can trigger other phenomena that lead to consequences with significant magnitudes. '''Source''' IPCC (2022). Annex II – Glossary. In IPCC (2022) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/ UNDRR (2016)...")
11:05, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Non-economic loss (Created page with "'''Definition''' Non-economic losses refer to a broad range of losses that are not in financial terms and not commonly traded in markets. They may impact individuals (e.g. loss of life, health, mobility), society (e.g. loss of territory, cultural heritage, indigenous or local knowledge, societal or cultural identity) or the environment (e.g. loss of biodiversity, ecosystem services) '''Source''' United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 2013. Non...")
11:04, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Insurance (Created page with "'''Definition''' A family of financial instruments for sharing and transferring risk among a pool of at-risk households, businesses, and/or governments. '''Source''' IPCC (2022). Annex II – Glossary. In IPCC (2022) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Available at https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/ Back to '''Definitions'''")
11:03, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Indicators (Created page with "'''Definition''' Indicators are observable and measurable characteristics that can be used to simplify information to help understand the state of a concept or phenomenon, and/or to monitor it over time to show changes or progress towards achieving a specific change. '''Source''' Adapted from: Ivčević, A., Mazurek, H., Siame, L., Moussa, A. B., & Bellier, O. (2019).Indicators in risk management: Are they a user-friendly interface between natural hazards and societa...")
11:02, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Cross-Boundary) Impacts (Created page with "'''Definition''' Event impacts (either social and/or economic) which occur over two or more spatial units, where there are often feedbacks between these regions. May also be termed: Interregional Risks '''Source''' [https://www.myriadproject.eu/ MYRIAD-EU] Work Package 5 Back to '''Definitions'''")
11:01, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Cascading) Impacts (Created page with "'''Definition''' Cascading impacts are those in which the impact of a physical event or the development of an initial technological or human failure generates a sequence of events in human subsystems that results in physical, social or economic disruption. Thus, an initial impact can trigger other phenomena that lead to consequences with significant magnitudes. '''Source''' IPCC (2022). Annex II – Glossary. In IPCC (2022) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation an...")
11:00, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Cascading) Hazard (Created page with "'''Definition''' Cascading hazard processes refer to an initial hazard followed by a chain of interrelated hazards (e.g., earthquake triggering landslide, landslide triggering flooding, flooding triggering further landslides). '''Source''' Adapted from: UNDRR (2019). Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction; United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR): Geneva, Switzerland. Back to '''Definitions'''")
10:59, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Hazard Interrelationships (Created page with "'''Definition''' The mode in which one hazard affects another hazard. '''Source''' [https://www.myriadproject.eu/ MYRIAD-EU] Work Package 1 Back to '''Definitions'''")
10:58, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Governance (Created page with "'''Definition''' The structures, processes, and actions through which private and public actors interact to address societal goals. This includes formal and informal institutions and the associated norms, rules, laws, and procedures for deciding, managing, implementing, and monitoring policies and measures at any geographic or political scale, from global to local. '''Source''' IPCC (2022). Annex II – Glossary. In IPCC (2022) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation...")
10:57, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Hazard) Forecast (Created page with "'''Definition''' Hazard forecasts provide information on the physical event characteristics, such as the location, timing, and magnitude of a potentially damaging event. '''Source''' Merz, B., Kuhlicke, C., Kunz, M., Pittore, M., Babeyko, A., Bresch, D.N., Domeisen, D., Freser, F., et al. (2020) Impact Forecasting to Support Emergency Management of Natural Hazards, Reviews of Geophysics, 58 (4), e2020RG00070, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020RG000704 '''See also''': [http...")
10:56, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Feedback Loops (Created page with "'''Definition''' Part of a system in which some portion (or all) of the system's output is used as input for future operations. '''Source''' Fitzgibbons, L. (2022). Feedback loop. Available at: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitchannel/definition/feedback-loop#:~:text=A%20feedback%20loop%20is%20the,a%20minimum%20of%20four%20stages '''See also''': System Back to '''Definitions'''")
10:55, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Extreme Event (Created page with "'''Definition''' A time and place in which weather, climate, or environmental conditions (such as temperature, precipitation, drought, or flooding) rank above a threshold value near the upper or lower ends of the range of historical measurements. '''Source''' Herring, D. (2021) What is an "extreme event"? Is there evidence that global warming has caused or contributed to any particular extreme event?, Climate Q&A, Climate.Gov, NOAA, accessed on 29 May 2022 at https://...")
10:53, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Environmental Degradation (Created page with "'''Definition''' The reduction of the capacity of the environment to meet social and ecological objectives and needs. Degradation of the environment can alter the frequency and intensity of natural hazards and increase the vulnerability of communities. '''See also''': Ecosystem Services Back to '''Definitions'''")
10:46, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction(Eco-DRR) (Created page with "'''Definition''' The sustainable management, conservation, and restoration of ecosystems to reduce disaster risk, with the aim to achieve sustainable and resilient development. '''Source''' Estrella, M. and & Saalismaa, N. (2013). Ecosystem-based DRR: An overview. In: The Role of Ecosystems in Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva: United Nations University Press, pp. 26-47 '''See also''': [https://www.undrr.org/terminology/disaster-risk Disaster Risk]; Sustainable Devel...")
10:45, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA) (Created page with "'''Definition''' The use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall adaptation strategy to help people to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. EbA aims to maintain and increase the resilience and reduce the vulnerability of ecosystems and people in the face of the adverse effects of climate change. '''Source''' CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) (2009). Ecosystem Based Adaptation. Available at: https://www.cbd.int/article/biodiversit...")
10:43, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Ecosystem Services (Created page with "'''Definition''' Ecological processes or functions having monetary or non-monetary value to individuals or society at large. These are frequently classified as # supporting services such as productivity or biodiversity maintenance; # provisioning services such as food or fibre; # regulating services such as climate regulation or carbon sequestration; # cultural services such as tourism or spiritual and aesthetic appreciation. '''Source''' IPCC (2022). Annex II...")
10:28, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Consecutive) Disasters (Created page with "'''Definition''' Two or more disasters that occur in succession, and whose direct impacts overlap spatially before recovery from a previous event is completed. '''Source''' de Ruiter, M.C., Couasnon, A., van den Homberg, M.J., Daniell, J.E., Gill, J.C., & Ward, P.J. (2020). Why we can no longer ignore consecutive disasters. Earth's future, 8(3), e2019EF001425 Back to '''Definitions'''")