Ciencia y tecnología

Science and Technology

  • UNDRR. Link.
  • GFDRR Innovation. Link
  • APRU Multi-Hazards. Link.
  • The science and technology roadmap to support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. Link.
  • Prevention Web Science and Technology. Link.
  • 30 innovations
    • Disaster risk reduction and innovations. Progress in Disaster Science, 2019. Link.
    • 30 Innovations linking disaster risk reduction with sustainable development goals. Link.
    • 30 innovations for disaster risk reduction. Link.
    • Applications of artificial intelligence for disaster management. Natural Hazards, 2020. Link.

[Science and technology](https://www.preventionweb.net/knowledge-base/themes/science-knowledge-and-advocacy/science-and-technology) This theme adresses how science and technology can contribute to DRR, including approaches and initiatives to bring scientific and technical knowledge into practice and policy, approaches for multidisciplinary engagement, good practice in scientific and technical aspects of DRR, and citizen science.

SCIENCE PLAN 2030+ DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DCNA

Lecturas

  • Exploring the emerging evolution trends of disaster risk reduction research: a global scenario. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2021. Link.

  • Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction. The Routledge Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction. 2011. Link

  • Perspectives of Science and Technology in Disaster RiskReduction of Asia. 2016. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. Link.

  • Three innovative approaches for managing disaster risks. Link.

  • 2021 APRU Multi-Hazards Webinar Series: Health, Climate Change and Innovation in Disaster Risk Reduction. Link, link.

  • ADB and OECD. 2020. Leveraging Technology and Innovation for Disaster Risk Management and Financing. Link

  • Success, innovation and challenge: School safety and disaster education in South America and the Caribbean, 2020. Link.

  • IRDR Compilation 2010-2020: A Ten Year Science Quest for Disaster Risk Reduction. Link

  • The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk 2021 International Conference. Link.

  • A framework for global science in support of risk-informed sustainable development and planetary health. 2021. Link.

  • Disaster Risk Science: A Geographical Perspective and a Research Framework. 2020. Link

  • Building a global forum for natural hazard science. NPJ. 2025. Link

Videos

Inteligencia artificial en GRD

Lecturas

  • Artificial intelligence for climate prediction of extremes: State of the art, challenges, and future perspectives. 2025. Link.

Herramientas

  • Google Geospatial Reasoning. Link

Geospatial Reasoning: Demonstration application

This is how Google’s Flood Hub uses AI forecasting to power local-level flood warnings | UNDRR

Artificial Intelligence for Remote Sensing applications: recent developments and main challenges

AI for Weather and Climate Preparedness and Resilience

  • ESRI Geospatial AI platform. Link

GeoAI and GenAI in ArcGIS | 2025 Esri UAE User Conference

Maximise data insights with geospatial analysis & GeoAI Maximise data insights with geospatial analysis & GeoAI

Cursos en ciencia y tecnología en grd

  • Risk-informed governance and innovative technology for disaster risk reduction and resilience. UNDRR. Link.
    • Unit 1: Risk-Informed Governance for DRR and Resilience
    • Unit 2: Science Technology and Government Innovation in Public Governance for DRR and Resilience
    • Unit 3: Practical and Planned Application of Emerging Technology and Government Innovation for DRR and Resilience
    • Unit 4: Implementation of Emerging Technologies and Government Innovation for DRR and Resilience
    • Unit 5: Reflecting on and Planning for Monitoring and Evaluation (optional)
    • Unit 6:Case Studies - Application of Technology for Reducing Disaster Risks

eLearning Course: Risk-informed Governance and Innovative Technology for DRR and Resilience

Session 6: Government Innovation and Technologies for DRR and Resilience (22 Sep 2020)

Libros de referencia internacionales

  • The Routledge Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction. 2012. Link.
  • The Routledge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction Including Climate Change Adaptation. 2017. Link.
  • Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Practice, Second Edition. 2017. Link.
  • Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications. 2014. Link.
  • Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards. 2013. Link.
  • Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science. OUP. Link.
  • Education for Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Reduction. 2014. Link.
  • Integrated Research on Disaster Risks. Springer. 2021. Link.
  • Introduction to Catastrophe Risk Modelling. A Physics-based Approach. 2025. Link. Link
  • Natural Hazards, Second Edition: Explanation and Integration. 2017. Link.
  • Natural Hazards and Disasters. Fifth Ed. Hyndman. 2017. Link.
  • Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Modelling: A Practitioner’s Guide. Link
  • The Role of Ecosystems in Disaster Risk Reduction. 2013. Link. ***
  • Social Vulnerability to Disasters, Second Edition. 2013. Link.
  • Systemic Risk: History, Measurement and Regulation. 2019. Link.
  • Systemic Disaster Risk Handbook. 2021
  • Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Reduction. 2016. Link.
  • Natural Climate Solutions Handbook: A Technical Guide for Assessing NatureBased Mitigation Opportunities in Countries. 2021. Link.
  • The Invention of Disaster. Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability. Routledge. 2022. Link.
  • Creating Resilient Futures. Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change Adaptation Agendas. 2022. Springer. Link.
  • Handbook on Climate Change and Disasters. 2023. Link.
  • Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience. Climate Change and Disaster Risk Adaptation. 2023. Link
  • Física del caos en la predicción meteorológica. 2023. AEMET España. Link.
  • Lecturas sobre conceptos
    • Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. IPCC. 2012. Link.
      • Chapter 2. Determinants of risk: exposure and vulnerability. Link.
      • Gestión de los riesgos de fenómenos meteorológicos extremos y desastres para mejorar la adaptación al cambio climático. IPCC, 2012. Link. Link.
    • Briefing note on systemic risk. UNDRR, 2022. Link.
    • A framework for complex climate change risk assessment. One Earth. 2021. Link.

Systemic Disaster Risk Handbook

Climate change and disaster risk management

Los desastres no son naturales

Institutos y organizaciones internacionales

  • APRU – Association of Pacific Rim Universities. Link.
  • Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security. ASU. Link.
  • Columbia Climate School. Link.
  • DesignSafe CI. Link
  • FAO Ciencia, tecnología e innovación. Link.
  • GADRI – Global Aliance of Disaster Risk Institutes. Link.
  • Global Assessment Repo. Link.
  • Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Link.
  • Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute. Link. Link.
  • Integrated Research on Disaster Risk International Center of Excellence Vulnerability and Resilience Metrics. Link
  • Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR). Link Link.
  • International Science Council. Link.
  • IRIDes – International Research Institute for Disaster Science. Link
  • Natural Hazards Center. Link.
  • CONVERGE. Link.
    • Past Webinar Recordings. Link.
      • CONVERGE Training Modules. Link.
  • NIED, Science for resilience. Japón. Link.
  • Resilient America. Link
  • Latinoamerica
    • CIGIDEN Chile. Link.
    • CEPREDENAC. Link
    • La Red. Desenredando. Link.
    • Senapred. Link.
  • Redes UNDRR
    • PreventionWeb community. Link.
  • Plataformas de análisis de riesgos
    • Plataforma CAPRA – Uniandes. Link.
    • Riesgos.de. Link.
  • Sistemas de información de Colombia
    • Consolidados de emergencia y desastres. Link.
    • Corporación OSSO. Link.
    • Sistema de Alerta Temprana de Medellín y el Valle de Aburrá (SIATA). Link.
    • Departamento Administrativo del Sistema para la Prevención, Atención y Recuperación de Desastres de la Gobernación de Antioquia (DAPARD). Link.
    • Sistema de Información Ambiental de Colombia (SIAC). Link.
    • Sistema Integrado de Monitoreo Ambiental de Caldas (SIMAC). Link.
    • FEWS Colombia. Sistemas de pronósticos hidrológicos y alerta temprana. Link
    • DHIME: Consulta y Descarga de Datos Hidrometeorológicos, IDEAM. Link.
    • Plataforma Observatorio Bahia de Cartagena. Link.
  • Manejo de desastres
    • Charter. Link. Activation list. Link.
      • Colombia, Providencia. Link.

A Decade of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction – Envisioning the Road Ahead» on 26 September at UNESCO Headquarters, in Paris France, 2024

Revistas en gestión de riesgos

  • Internacionales
    • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Link.
    • International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. Link.
    • Natural Hazards. Link.
    • Natural Hazards NPJ. Link
    • Natural Hazards Review. Link.
    • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. Link.
    • Environmental Science and Policy. Link.
    • Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. Link.
    • Progress in Disaster Science. Link.
    • Safety Science. Link.
    • Risk Analysis. Link.
    • Risk, Hazards, & Crisis in Public Policy. Link.
    • Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Link.
    • Nature, Collection Natural Hazards. Link.
  • Natural Hazard Center.
    • List of Hazards and Disaster Journals. Link.
    • Research Check Sheets Series. Link
  • Latinoamericanas
    • Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres REDER. Link.
  • Colombianas
    • Cuadernos de Geografía: Revista Colombiana de Geografía. Link.
    • Boletín de Geología. Link.
    • Earth Sciences Research Journal. Link.
    • CT y F – Ciencia, Tecnologia y Futuro. Link.
    • Geología Colombiana. Link.
    • Ingenieria e Investigacion. Link.
    • Revista Facultad de Ingenieria. Link.
    • Revistas de divulgación Seguros Sura. Link.
    • Revista DYNA. Link.
    • Perspectiva Geográfica. Link.
    • Legislación prospectiva. Link.
  • Ranking de Revistas en GRD
    • En google académico
      • Area Emergency management. Link.
    • En SJR
      • Area Safety research. Link Latinoamerica. Link.
      • Area Geography, Planning and Development. Link. Latinoamerica. Link.

Algunos investigadores Internacionales en DRR

  • Benigno Aguirre. Link.
  • Cees Van Westen. Link
  • David E. Alexander. Link.
  • Douglas Paton (Risk communication). Link.
  • Gonzalo Lizarralde. Link.
  • Irasema Alcántara Ayala. Link.
  • JC Gaillard. Link.
  • Juergen Weichselgartner. Link.
  • Susan L. Cutter. Link.

  • Eventos internacionales

    • Annual Natural Hazards Workshop. Link.
    • ICGNH 2020: 14. International Conference on Geography and Natural Hazards. Link.

  • Riesgos y salud pública

    • The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change. Link.

  • Programas institucionales asociados a la ciencia de los desastres

    • Servicio Geológico Colombiano. Plan Estratégico del Conocimiento Geocientífico del Territorio Colombiano 2022 – 2032.Link.
    • Plan Estratégico Nacional de Investigación Ambiental – PENIA. Link.

    Ciencia y datos abiertos para DRR

    • OpenDRI Open data for resilience. Link.
    • Digital Public Goods for Disaster Risk Reduction in a Changing Climate. Banco Mundial. 2023. Link.
    • Open Data for Resilient Urban Planning. Link. Github. Link.
    • GFDRR open-risk-data-dashboard. Link.
    • CODATA.
      • FAIR Data for Disaster Risk Research. Link.
      • Webinars. Link.
      • CODATA-RDA Schools of Research Data Science. Link.

  • InaSAFE is free software that produces realistic natural hazard impact scenarios for better planning. Link.

  • UNESCO. Multistakeholder Consultations on Open Science. Link.

  • Fifth Global Expert Forum for Producers and Users of Disaster-related Statistics. Link

    Lecturas

    • Harnessing risk-informed data for disaster and climate resilience. 2022. Link. Link.

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