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Archive of early warning system information

 
An archive of reports and publications on early warning systems by authors and organizations world-wide, including the IATF/DR Working Group on Early Warning and other parts of the United Nations, will be developed by PPEW. It will include articles such as the following, with access to the full text where available.
 
Allard, P. (Laboratoire Pierre Süe, CNRS-CEA, Saclay, France), Baxter, P. (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom), Halbwachs M. (Université de Savoie, Chambéry, France), and Komorowski, J. C. (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France). (2002). The January 2002 Eruption of Nyiragongo Volcano (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Related Hazards: Observations and Recommendations. Final Report of French-British Scientific Team.
Affeltranger, B. (2002). User-based design of socially efficient flood warnings: Concept paper for the Lower Mekong Basin. Final paper, March 2002. Mekong River Commission Meeting on Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Systems, 24 February-1 March 2002, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Anon. National report of the Islamic Republic of Iran on disaster reduction: National flood early warning system of I.R. of Iran
ARC. (1999). Hazard Guideline 1: Hazard Identification and Information Management for Local Authorities. Auckland Regional Council. Technical Publication No. 106.
Basher, R. (UN/ISDR Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning) (2006). Global early warning systems for natural hazards: systematic and people-centred. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 364, 2167-2182
Blaikie, P., Cannon, T., Davis, I. and Wisner, B. (2002) (2nd edition). At Risk: Natural Hazards, People’s Vulnerability, and Disasters. Routledge, London and New York. First edition in 1994.
Bradbury, R. J. (2002). Involving Citizens in Hazard Mitigation Planning: Making the right choices. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Vol. 16, No. 3, p. 45. Spring 2002.
Buchholz, G. and Weidemann (2000).The use of simple fire danger rating systems as a tool for early warning in forestry. Geneva, CH.
Buckle, I. G. (1989). The need for earthquake education. New York, U.S.
Cocharne, M. A., ed. (2002). Spreading like wildfire: Tropical forest fires in Latin America and the Caribbean: Prevention, assessment and early warning. México, MX.
Cordery, I. and Pilgrim, D.H. (2000). The State of the Art of Flood Prediction. In Floods, Vol. 2, p. 185-197. Edited by Parker, D. Routledge, London.
Davis, I. (2001). Preliminary Notes for Chapter 2, ISDR-Global Review 2002. In Keynote Paper, Earthquake Mitigation for the 12th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 9-13 September 2002. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. Paper Reference 841.
DFID - The Department for International Development (2005). Disaster risk reduction: a development concern.
Dilley, M. (International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia University), Chen, R.S. (Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University), Deichmann, U. (Development Economics Research Group (DECRG), The World Bank), Lerner-Lam, A.L (Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR) and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University) and Arnold, M. (Hazard Management Unit (HMU). (2005). Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis Synthesis Report. Published by the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the World Bank.
Early warning system for epidemics. (1989). Hammamet, TN.
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
Report of the ad hoc Panel
Note by the secretariat
ICCD/COP(4)/CST/4
30 October 2000
English - French - Spanish - Arabic - Chinese - Russian
Environmental Program (UNEP); NCAR; World Health Organization; International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (2000). Reducing the impact of environmental emergencies through early warning and preparedness: The case of the 1997 - 98 El Niño: Lessons learned from the 1998 - 97 El Niño: Once burned, twice shy? Tokyo, JP.
Existing experience of early warning systems and specialized institutions acting in this field
ICCD/COP(3)/CST/6
25 October 1999

English - French - Spanish - Arabic - Chinese - Russian
Fairbairn, T. I. J. (1997). The economic impact of natural disasters in the South Pacific. UNDHA/SPPO SPDRP RAS/92/360.
Flores-Gonzales, C. G. (2004). Quantifying the economic impact of early warning systems. Katastrophen und Gesellschaft - Von der Gefährdungsabschätzung zur Risikominderung, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), 26.-27. Juli, Deutschland.
Glowacky, D. W. (1995). Preventing flood damage through the use of automated flood warning systems and floodproofing of structures. Madison, US.
Government of Maharashtra. (1998). Earthquake-resistant construction and seismic strengthening of non-engineered buildings in rural areas of Maharashtra. Mumbai, Maharashtra Emergency Earthquake Rehabilitation Programme. Governments of Canada and the United States. 2000. Living with the Red: A Report on Reducing Flood Impacts in the Red River Basin. International Joint Commission.
Green, A. G. (1999). Mitigating the effects of earthquakes: Problems, progress and future trends.
Howell, P. (2003). Indigenous Early Warning Indicators of Cyclones: Potential Application in Coastal Bangladesh. Disaster Studies Working Paper 6. Benfield Hazard Research Centre.
Iran Meteorological Organization (IRIMO).National report of the Islamic Republic of Iran on disaster reduction: National Drought Early Warning System (NDEWS)
Lee, B., Davis, I. and Telford T. (1998). Forecasts and Warnings. IDNDR Flagship Programme. United Kingdom National Coordination Committee for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. London.
Ling, D. (1999). Monitoring network for earthquake risk management. Bangkok, TH.
McIntire, J. (1987). Would Better Information From an Early Warning System Improve African Food Security? In Wilhite, D. and Easterling,W. (Eds.) Planning for Drought: 283-93. Boulder, CO, Westview.
Mekong River Commission, Final paper (2002). Mekong River Commission Meeting on Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Systems, 24 February-1 March 2002, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Morgan, R. (1989). The development and applications of a drought early warning system in Botswana. Hammamet, TN.
Ogallo, L.A. (1999). Drought monitoring and prediction for disaster preparedness.
O'Neill, D. (1997). Report on early warning for hydrometeorological hazards including drought. Geneva, CH.
Plate, E.J. 1994: Risk Management and Assessment for Natural Hazards. United Nations World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, Proceedings of Technical Committee F-Warning Systems.
Punongbayan, R. S. and Newhall, C. G. (1998). Early Warning for the 1991 eruptions of Pinatubo volcano - a success story. In Programme and Abstracts, International IDNDR-Conference on Early Warning Systems for the Reduction of Natural Disasters, EWC'98, Potsdam, Federal Republic of Germany, September 7-11, 1998.
Report to the UK Government by the Natural Hazard Working Group (2005). The Role of Science in Physical Natural Hazard Assessment
Reports of ISDR Working Group on Early Warning: The working group of the Inter Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction that played a key role in organizing the Second International Conference on Early Warning.
Scheuermann, A., Schlaeger, S., Huebner, C., Brandelik, A. and Brauns, J. (2001). Monitoring of the Spatial Soil Water Distribution on a Full-Scale Dike Model. In K. Kupfer and C. Hübner: Fourth International Conference on Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances, Weimar, Germany, May 13-16, p. 343-350.
Smith, K. (1996). Environmental Hazards. Second Edition. Routledge, London and New York.
Sudan Early Warning System (EWS) (1989). Hammamet, Tunesia.
Tayag, J. C. (1998). Diverse responses to eruption warning transmitted via different channels. In Programme and Abstracts, International IDNDR-Conference on Early Warning Systems for the Reduction of Natural Disasters, EWC’98, Potsdam, Federal Republic of Germany, September 7-11, 1998.
Thompson, S. (2003). Report on Early Warning Systems in the Caribbean sub region.
Twigg, J., Lavell, A. (2006). Disaster Early Warning Systems: People, Politics And Economics.
UCL. (2002). The Human Factor in Early Warnings: Risk Perception and Appropriate Communications. Benfield Hazard Research Centre, University College London.
UNCCD papers on Early Warning: Papers on early warning in relation to the work of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
UN. Convention to Combat Desertification (2003). Early Warning Systems: Report of the ad hoc Panel: ICCD/COP(4)/CST/4. Geneva, CH.
UN/ISDR. (2004). Living with Risk - A global review of disaster reduction initiatives. United Nations publication. International Strategy of Disaster Reduction Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland.
UNDP study: Reducing Disaster Risk: A Challenge for Development
Villagran de León, J. C., Bogardi, J. (both United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security), Dannenmann, S., Basher, R. (both UN/ISDR Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning) (2006). Early Warning Systems in the context of Disaster Risk Management. Entwicklung & Ländlicher Raum, 2/2006, p. 23-25.
Villagrán de León J. C., Scott, J., Cárdenas, C., and Thompson, S. (2003). Early warning systems in the American Hemisphere: Context, current status, and future trends: Final report. Antigua, GT.
Villagran de León, J. C., Bogardi, J. (both United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security), Dannenmann, S., Basher, R. (both UN/ISDR Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning) (2006).Early Warning Systems in the context of Disaster Risk Management. Entwicklung & Ländlicher Raum, 2/2006, p. 23-25.
WMO and SADC. (2001). Study on Contributions of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services to Natural Disaster Preparedness and Management in Southern Africa. World Meteorological Organization and Southern African Development Community. Geneva, Switzerland.
WMO. (1999). Early Warning Systems for Drought Preparedness and Drought Management. Guide on Public Understanding and Response to Warnings. Comprehensive Risk Assessment for Natural Hazards. WMO/TD No. 955.
WMO. (2000). Twenty Years of Progress and Achievement of the WMO Tropical Cyclone Programme (1980-1999). World Meteorological Organization 2000 WMO/TD No. 1039.
WMO. (2001). Public Weather Service. Guidelines on the improvement of NMSs-media relations and ensuring the use of official consistent information. World Meteorological Organization 2001 PWS-3. WMO/TD No. 1088.
WMO. (2001). Public Weather Service. Guideline presentation of public weather services products. World Meteorological Organization 2001 PWS-4. WMO/TD No. 1080.
WMO. (2001). Public Weather Service. Technical framework for data and products in support of public weather services. World Meteorological Organization 2001 PWS-1. WMO/TD No. 1054.
WMO. (2001). Public Weather Service. Weather on the internet and other new technologies. World Meteorological Organization 2001 PWS-2. WMO/TD No. 1084.
WMO. (2002). Public Weather Service. Guide on improving public understanding of and response to warnings. World Meteorological Organization 2002 PWS-8. WMO/TD No. 1139.
WMO. (2002). Public Weather Service. Guide on the application of new technology and research to public weather services. World Meteorological Organization 2002 PWS-6. WMO/TD No. 1102.
WMO. (2002). Public Weather Service. Public weather services in region VI (Europe) Report of Survey. World Meteorological Organization 2002 PWS-5. WMO/TD No. 1100.
WMO. (2002). Public Weather Service. Report of the 2001 Global Survey on the Participation of Women and Man in the Activities of the World Meteorological Organization. World Meteorological Organization 2002 WMO/TD No. 1120.
WMO. (2002). Public Weather Service. Supplementary Guidelines on performance assessment of public weather services. World Meteorological Organization 2002 PWS-7. WMO/TD No. 1103.
WMO. (2003). Public Weather Service. Guidelines on cross-border exchange of warnings. World Meteorological Organization 2003 PWS-9. WMO/TD No. 1179.
  World Bank study: Hazards of Nature, Risks to Development
Yamazaki, F., Noda, S., and Meguro, K. (1997). Developments of earthquake monitoring and early damage assessment systems. Tokyo, JP.
Zschau, J. and Küppers, A. N. (2003). Early Warning Systems for Natural Disaster Reduction. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York.
 
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