Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In disaster risk reduction circles, there is an almost desperate reliance on 'community' and a strong growth in studies and plans to "involve the community" in facing up to risks and impacts (Berkes and Ross 2013). The intentions are laudable, as DRR needs to be democratised if it is to function.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Resilience Natural Hazard Hazard 130

Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The first challenge is to understand the behaviour of an emerging disease caused by a new variant of a virus. Information on these characteristics takes a long time to assemble, as at the start the virus is new and unknown, its relationship with the host population is unknown and its ability to disseminate is also unknown.

Pandemic 176

Pandemic Hospitality Logistics Authorization 176

everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

trillion in global economic losses,” according to a report conducted by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Disaster risk is becoming systemic with one event overlapping and influencing another in ways that are testing our resilience to the limit,” Mizutori said. million lives, affecting 4.2

Resilience 142

Resilience Risk Reduction Management Command Center 142

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 22, 2019

I am the founding editor of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR), which began publishing in August 2012 with just four papers. Unfortunately, searching for such information is very much like looking for a needle in a haystack. Two years ago, the journal published its first issue to contain 100 papers.

Publishing 130

Publishing All-Hazards Risk Reduction Education 130

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Myth 10: After disaster people will not make rational decisions and will therefore inevitably tend to do the wrong thing unless authority guides them. Reality: People make decisions on the basis of the information that they are able to obtain and their ability to interpret it. This is antithetical to panic.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130