Femke Vos
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Research Assistant
e-mail:
femke.vos@uclouvain.be
tel:
+32(0)7643365 Recent projects
Biography
Femke is a CRED researcher on natural disaster impacts. She graduated as an Engineer in Human Nutrition and Health at Wageningen University, The Netherlands, specializing in Public Health. Since 2006, she has worked in Nutritional Sciences developing a database on micronutrients (INRA, France), and has participated in the European Network of Excellence on Food Composition Databank systems. In her current role, Femke Vos works with CRED's international disaster database (EM-DAT)analyzing global data on natural disaster impacts on human society.
Publications
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Annual Statistical Review: Numbers and Trends 2009,
Femke Vos, Jose Rodriguez Ll., Regina Below, Debarati Guha Sapir,
CRED, Brussels., 2010 -
Earthquakes : An epidemiological perspective on patterns and trends,
Debarati Guha Sapir, Femke Vos,
Forthcoming in : Human casualties in natural disasters: Progress in modeling and mitigation, (ed. R. Spence, E.So, C. Scawthornp, Springer, 2010, 2010 -
Annual Disaster Statistical Review: Numbers and Trends 2008,
Jose Rodriguez Ll., Femke Vos, Regina Below, Debarati Guha Sapir,
CRED, Brussels., 2009 -
Quantifying Global Environmental Change Impacts: Methods, Criteria and Definitions for Compiling Data on Hydrometeorological Disasters,
Debarati Guha Sapir, Femke Vos,
Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security: Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks, (ed. H.G. Brauch et al.) Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol. 5, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 2009 -
Definitions, methodologies and recent trends of natural disasters,
D. Hoyois Ph., Debarati Guha Sapir, Olivia D'Aoust, Femke Vos,
A critical analysis, forthcoming in: The Economic Impact of Natural Disasters: assessing the Costs of Prevention, Mitigation and Adaptation, (ed. D. Guha-Sapir, I. Santos), Earthscan: London. , 2009