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Evaluating Disaster Risk Management System: A Case Study of Rwanda's Response to the 2nd–3rd May 2023 disaster event Open

Clémence Idukunda, Sabine Henry, Emmanuel Twarabamenye, Florence De Longueville, Caroline Michellier · 2025

This study evaluates Rwanda's Disaster Risk Management (DRM) system in response to the severe floods and landslides that struck the Southern, Northern, and Western provinces on May 2–3, 2023. The study uses a mixed-methods approach, includ…

Prioritisation of infectious diseases from a public health perspective: a multi-criteria decision analysis study, France, 2024 Open

Dominique Ploin, Marcela Alexandre, Bruno Ventelou, D Che, B. Coignard , et al. · 2024

Background Within the International Health Regulations framework, the French High Council for Public Health was mandated in 2022 by health authorities to establish a list of priority infectious diseases for public health, surveillance and …

Addressing bias in national population density models: Focusing on rural Senegal Open

Corentin Visée, Camille Morlighem, Catherine Linard, Abdoulaye Faty, Sabine Henry , et al. · 2024

Knowing where people are is crucial for policymakers, particularly for the efficient allocation of resources in their country and the development of effective, people-centred policies. However, rural population distribution maps suffer fro…

Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Seismic Risk and Adaptive Capacity to Earthquake: The Case of Anse-à-Veau (Haiti) Open

Garry Jourdan, Michelet Clerveau, Wisly Dieujuste, Sabine Henry · 2024

Earthquakes were responsible for more than half of all natural disaster deaths worldwide between 2000 and 2019. Populations in developing countries are the most affected. What can help stakeholders to increase people adaptive capacity to e…

Assessing Local Community Vulnerability to Landslides and Floods: A Household Survey Approach in North-Western Rwanda  Open

Clémence Idukunda, Caroline Michellier, Emmanuel Twarabamenye, Florence De Longueville, Sabine Henry · 2024

North-Western Rwanda's hilly and mountainous topography, high elevation, frequent torrential rainfall, and high population density render it highly susceptible to landslides and floods. A comprehensive understanding of community vulnerabil…

The role of local deities and traditional beliefs in promoting the sustainable use of mangrove ecosystems Open

Sètondé Constant Gnansounou, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Corentin Visée, Farid Dahdouh‐Guebas, Romain Glèlè Kakaï , et al. · 2024

Assessing Community Vulnerability to Landslide and Flood in Northwestern Rwanda Open

Clémence Idukunda, Caroline Michellier, Florence De Longueville, Emmanuel Twarabamenye, Sabine Henry · 2024

Geo-Hydrological Hazard Impacts, Vulnerability and Perception in Bujumbura (Burundi): A High-Resolution Field-Based Assessment in a Sprawling City Open

Jean Claude Nsabimana, Sabine Henry, Aloys Ndayisenga, Désiré Kubwimana, Olivier Dewitte , et al. · 2023

Rapid urbanization, demographic pressure, and sprawl of cities are key factors in the vulnerability and damage related to geo-hydrological hazards. Dysfunctional urban services that favor informal settlements are at the forefront of elemen…

Climate‐driven ‘species‐on‐the‐move’ provide tangible anchors to engage the public on climate change Open

GT Pecl, Rachel Kelly, Chloe Lucas, Ingrid van Putten, Renuka Badhe , et al. · 2023

Over recent decades, our understanding of climate change has accelerated greatly, but unfortunately, observable impacts have increased in tandem. Both mitigation and adaptation have not progressed at the level or scale warranted by our col…

Vulnerability of key urban infrastructures to geo-hydrological hazards: how endangered is the city of Bujumbura? Open

Jean Claude Nsabimana, Sabine Henry, Aloys Ndayisenga, François Kervyn, Olivier Dewitte , et al. · 2023

In urban areas, networks and life-support systems, such as roads, power lines and drinking water pipes, are key infrastructures which contribute to the functioning of the city. Their damaging or destruction can lead to harmful consequences…

Exposure to past disasters related to hydrological hazards: the case of Bujumbura city, Burundi Open

Jean Claude Nsabimana, Sabine Henry, Aloys Ndayisenga, Désiré Kubwimana, Olivier Dewitte , et al. · 2022

<p>Disasters related to hydrological hazards are frequent, occur worldwide, and regularly devastate many African cities. The victims are commonly among the population in precarious situations, without solid infrastructure and with in…

VP2-2022: Prospective double-blind, randomized phase III ENGOT-EN5/GOG-3055/SIENDO study of oral selinexor/placebo as maintenance therapy after first-line chemotherapy for advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer Open

I. Vergote, Alejandro Pérez Fidalgo, E.P. Hamilton, Giorgio Valabrega, Toon Van Gorp , et al. · 2022

Analysis of the peasants’ livelihood strategies in the Paute basin of Ecuador Open

Raúl Vanegas, Fabrice Demoulin, Guido Ruivenkamp, Sabine Henry · 2020

The article analyses the livelihood of peasant farmers in the rural area of three parishes in the Paute basin in Ecuador. First, the article presents the gathered empirical data of the study sites, respectively the Pichacay in the Santa An…

Perceptions of and responses to coastal erosion risks: The case of Cotonou in Benin Open

Florence De Longueville, Yvon-Carmen Hountondji, Liliane Assogba, Sabine Henry, Pierre Ozer · 2020

Comparing climate change perceptions and meteorological data in rural West Africa to improve the understanding of household decisions to migrate Open

Florence De Longueville, Pierre Ozer, François Gemenne, Sabine Henry, Ole Mertz , et al. · 2020

Loss and damage livelihood resilience Open

Kees van der Geest, Sönke Kreft, Zinta Zommers, Saleemul Huq, Amy Quandt , et al. · 2016

Climate change Loss and Damage has emerged as a key challenge of the 21st century. This Policy Brief first frames the challenge and then introduces the Resilience Academy, highlighting 5 key insights that both feed the debate and inform ac…

Assessing the effectiveness of a social vulnerability index in predicting heterogeneity in the impacts of natural hazards: Case study of the Tropical Storm Washi flood in the Philippines Open

José Ignacio, Grace T. Cruz, Fernando Nardi, Sabine Henry · 2016

As global warming and climate change predictions become increasingly certain, there is mounting pressure to gain a better understanding of disaster risk. Climate change is seen as a major contributing factor in the recent increases in the …

Assessing the effectiveness of a social vulnerability index in predicting heterogeneity in the impacts of natural hazards: Case study of the Tropical Storm Washi flood in the Philippines Open

José Ignacio, Grace T. Cruz, Fernando Nardi, Sabine Henry · 2016

As global warming and climate change predictions become increasingly certain, there is mounting pressure to gain a better understanding of disaster risk. Climate change is seen as a major contributing factor in the recent increases in the …

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