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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

It could be argued that political decision making is the greatest barrier of all to successful disaster risk reduction. Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43. Notably, the GAR has finally come around to the view that we all bear the burden of reducing disaster risk.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Emergency Planning

As bodies piled up on street corners and in courtyards there was no time to count them all. In his words, "the colonial institutions’ assiduous extraction of surpluses left the population both destitute and vulnerable to hazards for centuries to come." Haiti has long had a shortage of all three. Krimgold (eds) 2015.

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01/05/2015 Why Do Incidents Occur?

Plan B Consulting

Most people who live in earthquake zones know one could occur and can take precautions to make their homes and livelihoods more resilient by ensuring that their buildings are earthquake proof and by preparing to respond, if an event occurred. The post 01/05/2015 Why Do Incidents Occur? The seven events are: 1.

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01/05/2015 Why Do Incidents Occur?

Plan B Consulting

Most people who live in earthquake zones know one could occur and can take precautions to make their homes and livelihoods more resilient by ensuring that their buildings are earthquake proof and by preparing to respond, if an event occurred. The post 01/05/2015 Why Do Incidents Occur? The seven events are: 1.