AQVIVA » Haiti http://aqviva.dk Climate Change and water. Climate Change and humans. Climate Change and biodiversity. Nyheder om klima og vand. Sat, 19 May 2012 16:38:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Vulnerable Cities: Megacities and Earthquake Risk http://aqviva.dk/2011/04/vulnerable-cities-megacities-and-earthquake-risk/ http://aqviva.dk/2011/04/vulnerable-cities-megacities-and-earthquake-risk/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:34:54 +0000 alex http://aqviva.dk/?p=19377 Vulnerable Cities- Megacities and Earthquake Risk - Views of the World 2011-04-17 21-30-37

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The following map is a modified version of the earthquake vulnerability map published on Views of the World last month (see…

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A year after the Haiti earthquake killed about 250,000 people and left more than a million homeless, a multimedia documentary…

]]> http://aqviva.dk/2011/01/alertnet-one-day-in-port-au-prince/feed/ 0 Det går langsomt fremad i Haiti http://aqviva.dk/2010/07/det-gar-langsomt-fremad-i-haiti/ http://aqviva.dk/2010/07/det-gar-langsomt-fremad-i-haiti/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:20:43 +0000 alex http://aqviva.dk/?p=16512 Dansk Røde Kors - Haiti- det går langsomt fremad_1278926324921

Et halvt år efter jordskælvet i Haiti har 1,9 millioner mennesker fået midlertidig husly, tusindvis af patienter er blevet behandlet,…

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Experts say suggestions that climate change could trigger more volcanoes and earthquakes are speculative, but there is enough evidence to…

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China’s tragic magnitude 6.9 earthquake on April 13 and the recent devastating earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, Mexico, and elsewhere have…

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credit: Hermann Fritz

In addition to smashing buildings and killing more than 200,000 people, Haiti’s devastating 12 January earthquake produced two…

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Urgent Action Still Needed on Safe Camp Sites for Those Made Homeless by Quake

The United Nations Security Council should make…

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Recorded on February 1st, 2010, in the same studio as the original 25 years earlier (Henson Recording Studios, formerly A&M…

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The first heavy rains since a devastating earthquake four weeks ago brought new misery to Haitians Thursday with hundreds of…

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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/02/20102101259507378.html

]]> http://aqviva.dk/2010/02/haiti-death-toll-reaches-230000/feed/ 0 Preparing for the rainy and hurricane seasons in Haiti http://aqviva.dk/2010/02/preparing-for-the-rainy-and-hurricane-seasons-in-haiti/ http://aqviva.dk/2010/02/preparing-for-the-rainy-and-hurricane-seasons-in-haiti/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:25:46 +0000 alex http://aqviva.dk/?p=13513 wmologo

Operational meteorological services are essential to preventing further disasters in Haiti. The country now faces the approaching rainy season in…

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Oxfam health advisor Helen Hawkings gives us an insight into her experiences overseeing new water and sanitation projects in a…

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Unaccompanied children in Haiti, including orphans and those sent by their parents to live with more affluent relatives or strangers,…

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(IRIN) – Earthquakes killed more people in the last 10 years than any other natural hazard, said new figures released…

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A statistical study by a specialist group at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California showed…

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Haitians Wednesday faced a desperate lack of food and shelter more than two weeks after a deadly quake, as the…

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PASADENA, Calif. – In response to the disaster in Haiti on Jan. 12, NASA has added a series of science…

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