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10:5510:55, 1 July 2022 diff hist +991‎ N 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://..."
10:5310:53, 1 July 2022 diff hist +326‎ N 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'''"
10:4610:46, 1 July 2022 diff hist +515‎ N 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..."
10:4510:45, 1 July 2022 diff hist +695‎ N 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..."
10:4310:43, 1 July 2022 diff hist +644‎ N 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..."
10:2810:28, 1 July 2022 diff hist +396‎ N (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'''"
10:2810:28, 1 July 2022 diff hist +986‎ N 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..."
10:2610:26, 1 July 2022 diff hist +187‎ N 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'''"
10:2410:24, 1 July 2022 diff hist +455‎ N 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'''"
10:2310:23, 1 July 2022 diff hist +364‎ N 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'''"
10:1610:16, 1 July 2022 diff hist +56‎ Asynergies ‎No edit summary
10:1410:14, 1 July 2022 diff hist +553‎ N 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..."
10:1310:13, 1 July 2022 diff hist −12‎ Definitions ‎No edit summary
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13:4313:43, 24 June 2022 diff hist +279‎ N 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'''"
12:2312:23, 24 June 2022 diff hist +689‎ N 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..."
12:1912:19, 24 June 2022 diff hist +395‎ N (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'''"
12:1712:17, 24 June 2022 diff hist +305‎ N (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'''"
12:1612:16, 24 June 2022 diff hist −2‎ MediaWiki:Common.css ‎No edit summary
12:1612:16, 24 June 2022 diff hist +544‎ N 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..."
12:1412:14, 24 June 2022 diff hist −5‎ MediaWiki:Common.css ‎No edit summary
12:1312:13, 24 June 2022 diff hist +178‎ N 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; }"
11:4911:49, 24 June 2022 diff hist +323‎ N 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'''"
11:4711:47, 24 June 2022 diff hist +576‎ N 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..."
11:4611:46, 24 June 2022 diff hist +22‎ Definitions ‎No edit summary
11:4511:45, 24 June 2022 diff hist −243‎ Statistical Dependencies ‎No edit summary
11:4311:43, 24 June 2022 diff hist −66‎ Statistical Dependencies ‎No edit summary
11:4111:41, 24 June 2022 diff hist −138‎ System ‎No edit summary
11:3911:39, 24 June 2022 diff hist +575‎ N 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..."
11:3711:37, 24 June 2022 diff hist +790‎ N 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..."
11:3511:35, 24 June 2022 diff hist +1‎ Sustainable (or Healthy) Ecosystems ‎No edit summary
11:3411:34, 24 June 2022 diff hist −68‎ Sustainable (or Healthy) Ecosystems ‎No edit summary
11:3211:32, 24 June 2022 diff hist +488‎ N 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..."
11:3111:31, 24 June 2022 diff hist +20‎ Definitions ‎No edit summary
11:3011:30, 24 June 2022 diff hist +488‎ N 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..."
11:2911:29, 24 June 2022 diff hist +298‎ N 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'''"
11:2611:26, 24 June 2022 diff hist +388‎ N 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'''"
11:2411:24, 24 June 2022 diff hist +193‎ N 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'''"
11:2111:21, 24 June 2022 diff hist +597‎ N 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..."
11:1811:18, 24 June 2022 diff hist +657‎ N 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..."
10:5510:55, 24 June 2022 diff hist −7‎ Contribute ‎No edit summary
10:5110:51, 24 June 2022 diff hist +46‎ (Multi-) vulnerability ‎No edit summary
10:4810:48, 24 June 2022 diff hist +807‎ N 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..."
10:4510:45, 24 June 2022 diff hist +689‎ N (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..."
10:4110:41, 24 June 2022 diff hist −47‎ (Multi-) vulnerability ‎No edit summary Tag: Manual revert
10:4010:40, 24 June 2022 diff hist +47‎ (Multi-) vulnerability ‎No edit summary Tag: Reverted
10:3910:39, 24 June 2022 diff hist +777‎ N (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..."
10:3510:35, 24 June 2022 diff hist +233‎ Multi-hazards Scenario Generator ‎No edit summary

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