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Book Review: Resilience Matters;Flourishing in an Era of Extremes

Recovery Diva

Once again, Claire has asked me to review the latest in the Resilience Matters series – this one subtitled Flourishing in an Era of Extremes. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, 70 percent of those who died were over 65. John Plodinec (PhD), has reviewed the new edition of this book.

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Lessons Identified from the Taiwan Earthquake

Plan B Consulting

Additionally, it was acknowledged that old buildings needed to undergo structural assessments and improvements to enhance their resilience to earthquakes. This communication challenge resurfaced during the response to the London 7/7 bombing in 2005, resulting in 52 fatalities.

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Implementing the HFA at a local level in Europe: Towards the Post-2015 Framework 

Crisis Response Journal

Patrícia Pires provides an overview local level resilience in Europe, and how priorities set under the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 should be continued and evolve in the future. By Patrícia Pires

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

One of the most intransigent problems with the predecessor of the Sendai Framework, Hyogo Framework for Action, 2005-2015, was its resolute reliance on a 'top-down' approach. Recommendations for a Post-2015 Disaster Risk Reduction Framework to Strengthen the Resilience of Communities to All Hazards. UNISDR 2005. GNCSODR 2015.

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Security Industry Association Expresses Support, Feedback on Senate and House Innovation and Competition Legislation Ahead of Conference

Security Industry Association

2005 to invest in R&D, education and training, supply chain security and the broader U.S. 20201-20208, supply chain resiliency measures that create an Office of Manufacturing Security and Resilience within the U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.),

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A developer’s guide to programatically overcome fear of failure by Mandeep Kaur

PagerDuty

“From this perspective, the function of shame is to evoke behavior designed to hide the self from the scrutiny of significant others, thus minimizing the likelihood of loss of love and rejection.” ( McGregor & Elliot, 2005 ). Part of embracing failure stems from finding ways to be more resilient to it. You fail at something.

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Emergency Planning

Since the late 20th century, the concept of anomie has been reinterpreted (Allan 2005, pp. For example, if people are poor and their lives are generally precarious, they cannot be made resilient against disasters such as floods and earthquakes unless the problem of vulnerability to life's exigencies in general is reduced. Ambraseys, N.