- Title
- Country situation analysis of risk assessment in the republic of Moldova
- Abstract
- Moldova’s economy, population, and environment are highly exposed and vulnerable to natural hazards. Climate change is expected to amplify meteorological hazards in both frequency and intensity. Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation have been assigned a high priority in joint UN-government programmatic strategies for Moldova. The presented analysis examines the current country situation of disaster risk assessment in Moldova and its use in decision making, based on the systematical inventory and evaluation of what exists in Moldova in terms of disaster risk assessment including historic disasters and major hazards prevailing in Moldova; risk assessment studies and projects; availability of data and information for risk assessment, methodologies and tools used; institutions and organizations related to risk assessment as data providers, risk assessment implementers and end users; key professional expertise. On this basis, this report discusses the issues and challenges Moldova is facing in conducting disaster risk assessment on its own; identifies gaps and needs to enhance the country capacity for risk assessment; and presents a set of recommendations for implementing National Risk Assessment (NRA) in Moldova on its own.
- Publication Date
- Dec. 24, 2012, 6 p.m.
- Category
- Geoscientific Information
- information pertaining to earth sciences. Examples: geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth s rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, erosion
- Regions
- Republic of Moldova
- Responsible
- andy
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
- river_flood, drought, landslide,, earthquake
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