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MICRODIS was a project with the overall goal to strengthen preparedness, mitigation and prevention strategies in order to reduce the health, social and economic impacts of extreme events on communities.The project objectives were:

  • to strengthen the scientific and empirical foundation on the relationship between extreme events and their health, social and economic impacts;
  • to develop and integrate knowledge, concepts, methods, tools and databases towards a common global approach;
  • to improve human resources and coping capacity in Asia and Europe through training and knowledge sharing

 

MICRODIS Integrated Field Surveys were conducted in 9 sites in Asia and Europe. Smaller Annex Studies were also done in different countries, following up on research ideas on data that was collected in the Main MICRODIS Studies in India, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam.

Project information

Lead

Université catholique de Louvain (BE) Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir

Partners

University of Greenwich (UK); Northumbria University (UK); Tyoeterveyslaitos Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FI); JU - Jadavpur University (IN); UoD - University of Delhi (IN); HSPH - Hanoi School of Public Health (VN); UoI - University of Indonesia; XU - Xavier University (Philippines); ISDR - International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN); EVAP - Evaplan (DE); SWECO Grøner (NO); VHAI - Voluntary Health Association of India (IN); CDRC - Citizen's Disaster Response Center (Philippines); HNI - Healthnet TPO (NGO); UPS - Ferurbat SARL (FR); UKL-HD - University Hospital Heidelberg (DE); Hue College of Economics, University of Hue (VN); UNIFI - Università degli Studi di Firenze (IT)

Source of funding

FP 6

Reference information

Websites:
http://www.microdis-eu.be/

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Jan 1, 1970

Keywords:
Adaptation measures/responses, Adaptive capacity, Adaptive management
Climate impacts:

Droughts, Flooding

Adaptation Approaches:

Adaptation Measures and Actions, Observations and Scenarios

Sectors:

Financial, Health

Duration:
2007-2011
Geographic characterisation:

Global

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