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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'''")
10:28, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Disaster Forensics (Created page with "'''Definition''' A process to understand the root causes of disasters (rather than focusing exclusively on the dynamics of individual disaster events and response efforts), often yielding ‘systemic’ strategies for managing disasters. '''Source''' Masys (2016). Disaster forensics. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications Series. Switzerland: Springer Internatioanal Publishing. Keating, A., Venkateswaran, K., Szoenyi, M., MacClune, K., & Mechler...")
10:26, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Deterministic Event Modelling (Created page with "'''Definition''' Modelling of single, specific events (simulated or real observed) '''Source''' [https://www.myriadproject.eu/ MYRIAD-EU] Work Package 5 Back to '''Definitions'''")
10:24, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Confidence (Created page with "'''Definition''' The robustness of a finding based on the type, amount, quality and consistency of evidence (e.g., mechanistic understanding, theory, data, models, expert judgment) and on the degree of agreement across multiple lines of evidence. '''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'''")
10:23, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Complexity (Created page with "'''Definition''' A causal chain with many intervening variables and feedback loops that do not allow the understanding or prediction of the system’s behaviour on the basis of each component’s behaviour. '''Source''' Aven, T. (2019). The science of risk analysis: Foundation and practice, Routledge, 330 pp, ISBN 9780367139223 Back to '''Definitions'''")
10:14, 1 July 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Bayesian (Belief) Network (Created page with "'''Definition''' Graphical models that communicate causal information and provide a framework for describing and evaluating probabilities when we have a network of interrelated variables. A key feature of Bayesian Belief Networks (or simply Bayesian Networks) is that they discover and describe causality rather than merely identifying associations. '''Source''' McClean, S.I. (2003). Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. In Meyers R.A. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Physical S...")
13:43, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page System of systems (Created page with "'''Definition''' A system where the individual elements of the system are treated again as systems '''Source''' MYRIAD-EU Work Package 2 '''See also''': [https://www.undrr.org/terminology/exposure Exposure], System, Systemic Perspective Back to '''Definitions'''")
12:23, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Scenario (Created page with "'''Definition''' A plausible description of how the future may develop based on a coherent and internally consistent set of assumptions about key driving forces (e.g., rate of technological change (TC), prices) and relationships. Scenarios are neither predictions nor forecasts but are used to provide a view of the implications of developments and actions. '''Source''' IPCC (2022). Annex II – Glossary. In IPCC (2022) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vul...")
12:19, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Current) Scenario (Created page with "'''Definition''' A hazard or risk scenario using the historical baseline or current data, for the current conditions. '''Source''' Carter, T.R., La Rovere, E.L., Jones, R.N., Leemans, R., Mearns, L.O., Nakicenovic, N., Pittock, A.B., Semenov, S.M., Skea, J., Gromov, S. & Jordan, A.J. (2001). Developing and applying scenarios. Climate change, 200, pp.145-190. Back to '''Definitions'''")
12:17, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Future) Scenario (Created page with "'''Definition''' A hazard or risk scenario using the historical baseline or current data, and/or modelled climate change metrics presented in the future (after present day), for example for 2050 or 2080. '''Source''' MYRIAD-EU Work Package 5 '''See also''': Scenario Back to '''Definitions'''")
12:16, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Sensitivity Analysis (Created page with "'''Definition''' With respect to quantitative analysis, this assesses how changing assumptions alters the outcomes. For example, one chooses different values for specific parameters and reruns a given model to assess the impact of these changes on model output. '''Source''' IPCC (2014). Annex II – Glossary. In IPCC (2014) AR5 Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Available at: https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/WGIIAR5-AnnexII_F...")
12:13, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page MediaWiki:Common.css (Created page with "CSS placed here will be applied to all skins: body.page-Help_Main_Page.action-view h1.firstHeading, body.page-Help_Main_Page.action-submit h1.firstHeading { display: none; }")
11:49, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Site Area (Created page with "'''Definition''' A geographical area that contains assets at risk '''Source''' International Atomic Energy Agency. (2007). IAEA Safety Glossary: Terminology Used in Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection. IAEA, Vienna '''See also''': [https://www.undrr.org/terminology/exposure Exposure] Back to '''Definitions'''")
11:47, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Stochastic Model (Created page with "'''Definition''' A model using statistical concepts, such as probability distribution and randomness. Stochastic models are based on a set of random variables, where the projections and calculations are repeated to achieve a probability distribution. The models can be repeated thousands of times, with a new set of random variables each time '''Source''' World Meteorological Organization. (1992). International Meteorological Vocabulary - No. 182, World Meteorological...")
11:39, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Statistical Dependencies (Created page with "'''Definition''' A model using statistical concepts, such as probability distribution and randomness. Stochastic models are based on a set of random variables, where the projections and calculations are repeated to achieve a probability distribution. The models can be repeated thousands of times, with a new set of random variables each time '''Source''' World Meteorological Organization. (1992). International Meteorological Vocabulary - No. 182, World Meteorological O...")
11:37, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Storylines (Created page with "'''Definition''' A physically self-consistent unfolding of past events, or of plausible future events or pathways. As no a priori probability of the storyline is assessed, it is not a prediction. Emphasis is placed instead on understanding the driving factors involved and the plausibility of those factors (or of changes in those factors). '''Source''' Shepherd, T.G., Boyd, E., Calel, R.A., Chapman, S.C., Dessai, S., Dima-West, I.M., Fowler, H.J., James, R., Maraun, D...")
11:32, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Sustainability (Created page with "'''Definition''' Involves ensuring the persistence of natural and human systems, implying the continuous functioning of ecosystems, the conservation of high biodiversity, the recycling of natural resources and, in the human sector, successful application of justice and equity. '''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 '''Def...")
11:30, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Sustainable (or Healthy) Ecosystems (Created page with "'''Definition''' Involves ensuring the persistence of natural and human systems, implying the continuous functioning of ecosystems, the conservation of high biodiversity, the recycling of natural resources and, in the human sector, successful application of justice and equity. '''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 '''Def...")
11:29, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Sustainable Development (Created page with "'''Definition''' Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. '''Source''' Brundtland, G. H. (1987). Our common future—Call for action. Environmental Conservation, 14(4), 291-294. Back to '''Definitions'''")
11:26, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page System (Created page with "'''Definition''' A set of (partly) interconnected elements '''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''': System of systems, Systemic Perspective, [https://www.undrr.org/terminology/exposure Exposure] Back to '''Definitions'''")
11:24, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Systemic Perspective (Created page with "'''Definition''' A focus on interactions between elements within a ‘System’ (or Systems). '''Source''' MYRIAD-EU Work Package 2 '''See also''': System Back to '''Definitions'''")
11:21, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Threshold (Created page with "'''Definition''' The level of magnitude of a system process at which sudden or rapid change occurs. A point or level at which new properties emerge in an ecological, economic or other system, invalidating predictions based on mathematical relationships that apply at lower levels. '''Source''' IPCC (2007). Appendix I - Glossary. In IPCC (2007) AR4 Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Available at: https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/0...")
11:18, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Trade-off (Created page with "'''Definition''' Trade-offs are defined as a decision between two desired outcomes where a gain in one requires a loss in another. The losses, or how these decisions negatively impact society, are sometimes not at the forefront of decision-making. Trade-offs are common in complex policy situations where multiple objectives, stakeholders, scales, and time-horizons collide. '''Source''' Tuhkanen, H. (2020) Understanding trade-offs in post-disaster reconstruction. Ava...")
10:48, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Uncertainty (Created page with "'''Definition''' A state of incomplete knowledge that can result from a lack of information or from disagreement about what is known or even knowable. It may have many types of sources, from imprecision in the data to ambiguously defined concepts or terminology, incomplete understanding of critical processes, or uncertain projections of human behaviour. Uncertainty can be represented by quantitative measures (e.g., a probability density function) or by qualitative state...")
10:45, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Deep) Uncertainty (Created page with "'''Definition''' Exists when experts do not know or the parties to a decision cannot agree upon (i) the external context of a system, (ii) how a system works and its boundaries, and/or (iii) the outcomes of interest from a system and/or their relative importance. Deep uncertainty also arises from actions taken over time in response to unpredict '''Source''' Marchau, V.A.W.J., Walker, W.E., Bloemen, P.J.T.M., & Popper, S.W. (2019). Introduction. In: Marchau, V., Walker...")
10:39, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page (Multi-) vulnerability (Created page with "'''Definition''' Refers to (i) a variety of exposed sensitive targets (e.g. population, infrastructure, cultural heritage, etc.) with possible different vulnerability degree against the various hazards; (ii) time-dependent vulnerabilities, in which the vulnerability of a specific class of exposed elements may change with time as consequence of different factors (e.g. the occurrence of other hazardous events). '''Source''' Gallina, V., Torresan, S., Critto, A., Sperott...")
09:26, 24 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page MediaWiki:Mainpage-title (Created page with "-Disaster Risk Wise")
22:26, 23 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page A Framework for Probabilistic Multi-Hazard Assessment of Rain-Triggered Lahars Using Bayesian Belief Networks (Created page with " '''Year of publication''': 2017 '''Access''': Open access publication '''Link''': https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2017.00073 '''Description''' Framework for probabilistic hazard assessment of lahars within a multi-hazard environment, based on coupling a probabilistic model for lahar triggering (a Bayesian Belief Network: Multihaz) with a dynamic physical model for lahar propagation (LaharFlow). '''Technical considerations''' Modelling framework not directly availa...")
22:21, 23 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page CASCADES cross-border impact framework (Created page with " '''Year of publication''': 2021 '''Access''': Open access publication '''Link''': https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378021000868?via%3Dihub '''Description''' Developed in the CASCADES (CAScading Climate risks: towards ADaptive and resilient European Societies) project, the conceptual framework focuses on how a climate impact occurring at a given location may be transmitted across borders, potentially presenting a risk to a region of interest th...")
22:05, 23 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page A multi-hazard framework for spatial-temporal impact analysis to support risk managers (Created page with "A multi-hazard framework for spatial-temporal impact analysis '''Year of publication''': 2022 '''Access''': Open access publication '''Link''': https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102829 '''Description''' A five-step, conceptual generic framework for multi-hazard impact analysis for the built environment, taking into account interdependencies of hazards, as well as spatial and temporal impact analysis. Identifies six types of hazard interactions:...")
19:18, 23 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Asynergies (Created page with "'''Definition''' Potentially unwanted effects of measures that reduce the impacts of disasters across different hazards. Traditionally, those measures are aimed at decreasing the risk a building faces of a single hazard type despite their potential of having unwanted effects on other hazard types. For example, building on stilts is an often-used measure to decrease a building's flood vulnerability, however, it simultaneously increases a building's earthquake vulnerabil...")
19:17, 23 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Adaptive Capacity (Created page with "'''Definition''' The ability of systems, institutions, humans and other organisms to adjust to potential damage, to take advantage of opportunities, or to respond to consequences. '''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'''")
19:15, 23 June 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''...")
19:10, 23 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Tipping Point (Created page with "'''Definition''' In human systems, the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects, in order to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities. In natural systems, the process of adjustment to actual climate and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate and its effects. '''Source''' IPCC (2022). Annex II – Glossary. In IPCC (2022) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Available at...")
19:05, 23 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Adaptation Tipping Point (Created page with "'''Definition''' An Adaptation Tipping Point (ATP) is the moment when the magnitude of change is such that a current management strategy can no longer meet its objectives. As a result, adaptive management is needed to prevent or postpone these ATPs. '''Source''' Nanda, A., Beesley, L., Locatelli, L., Gersonius, B., Hipsey, M., Ghadouani, A. (2018) Adaptation tipping points of a wetland under drying climate, Water, 10 (2), 234 – 254 Available at: https://doi.org/10.3...")
19:01, 23 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Adaptation (Created page with "'''Definition''' In human systems, the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects, in order to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities. In natural systems, the process of adjustment to actual climate and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate and its effects. '''Source''' IPCC (2022). Annex II – Glossary. In IPCC (2022) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Available at:...")
15:02, 23 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page MediaWiki:Tweeki-footer (Created page with "FOOTER MYRIAD-EU has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003276.")
13:46, 23 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Hazard interaction analysis for multi-hazard risk assessment: a systematic classification based on hazard-forming environment (Created page with "Hazard interaction analysis for multi-hazard risk assessment: a systematic classification based on hazard-forming environment '''Year of publication''': 2016 '''Access''': Freely available to download from journal website '''Link''': https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-629-2016 '''Description''' A systematic hazard interaction classification framework based on the characteristics of the hazard-forming environment developed by [https://doi.org/10.5194...")
13:44, 23 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Hazard interaction analysis for multi-hazard risk assessment: a systematic classification based on hazard-forming environment) (Created page with "Hazard interaction analysis for multi-hazard risk assessment: a systematic classification based on hazard-forming environment '''Year of publication''': 2016 '''Access''': Freely available to download from journal website '''Link''': https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-629-2016 '''Description''' A systematic hazard interaction classification framework based on the characteristics of the hazard-forming environment developed by [https://doi.org/10.5194...")
09:38, 23 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page MATRIX (New Multi-HAzard and MulTi-RIsK Assessment MethodS for Europe) (Created page with "strong>MATRIX (New Multi-HAzard and MulTi-RIsK Assessment MethodS for Europe Three-level Framework for Multi-Risk Assessment '''Year of publication''': 2015 '''Access''': Freely available to download from journal website '''Link''': https://doi.org/10.1080/17499518.2015.1041989 '''Description''' To add '''Technical considerations''' Knowledge of Bayesian networks. '''Keywords''' Multi-risk; Cascading hazards; Time-variant vulnerability; dynamic vulner...")
09:29, 23 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Multi-hazards Scenario Generator (Created page with "Multi-hazards Scenario Generator '''Year of publication''': 2021 '''Access''': Publication is behind a paywall. The methodology is an early stage of development, therefore the framework not yet available. '''Link''': Publication (behind a pay-wall) https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13723 '''Description''' A framework that uses graphs (networks) and a complex systems approach to identify the interactions between multiple hazards, and models potential m...")
22:39, 22 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page RiskScape (v1.1.0) (Created page with "RiskScape (v1.1.0) '''Year of publication''': 2022 (latest release) '''Access''': RiskScape is open-source for research purposes only, freely downloadable from the website. RiskScape is run from the command line, with the ability to run simple deterministic models on a laptop to running computationally-intensive probabilistic models on a cluster. '''Link''': https://riskscape.org.nz/ '''Description''' RiskScape is geospatial data processing framew...")
22:31, 22 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page CAPRA Probabilistic risk assessment platform (Created page with "CAPRA Probabilistic risk assessment platform '''Year of publication''': 2017 '''Access''': Freely available to download from website '''Link''': https://ecapra.org/ '''Description''' The CAPRA probabilistic risk assessment platform provides a series of tools for hazard (single and multiple unrelated), exposure and vulnerability assessment that can be standalone, or can be integrated in a probabilistic risk assessment software: CAPRA-GIS. The CAPR...")
21:50, 22 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Contribute (Created page with "How to contribute The aim of the Reducing Risks Together wiki is to provide a platform for the international disaster risk community to find and share good practices, frameworks, methods, models and tools for reducing disaster risk. The core structure has been written by BGS as part of the MYRIAD-EU project. Initial content has been provided by MYRIAD-EU project partners and uploaded by BGS. We welcome new content from researchers and practitioners a...")
21:45, 22 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs performed unknown action "review/approve-i" on Main Page ([Accuracy: Spot checked])
21:42, 22 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Definitions (Created page with "Definitions One objective of the MYRIAD-EU project was to promote a common understanding of terminology and concepts related to multi-hazard, multi-risk management within the project consortium, and beyond to the wider community. This was achieved through the creation of a Handbook of Multi-Hazard, Multi-Risk Terms, Definitions and Concepts (hyperlink), which we adopt in this WIKI. This is an evolving work that will continuously be updated throughout...")
21:29, 22 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Multi-hazard Risk Management (Created page with "Multi-hazard Risk Management Here you will find summaries of and links to frameworks, platforms, methods, models and tools for multi-hazard risk management. These speak to governance and policy, and include risk assessment approaches. Multi-hazard Risk Management approaches speak to the second and fourth of the '''[https://www.undrr.org/publication/sendai-framework-disaster-risk-reduction-2015-2030 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction]''' prior...")
21:20, 22 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Multi-hazard Risk Assessment (Created page with "Multi-hazard Risk Assessment Here you will find summaries of and links to frameworks, platforms, methods, models and tools for multi-hazard risk assessment. This section speaks to understanding disaster risk reduction, the first of the '''[https://www.undrr.org/publication/sendai-framework-disaster-risk-reduction-2015-2030 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction]''' priorities for action. Included are examples of qualitative, semi-quantitative a...")
08:54, 16 June 2022 Myriad-admin talk contribs created page Main Page/test1 (Test Page) Tag: visualeditor-switched
19:21, 15 June 2022 MediaWiki default talk contribs created page Main Page