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). Rioting and looting occurred in London in 2011 and in Concepcion, Chile, after the 2010 earthquake and tsunami.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Resilience Natural Hazard Hazard 130

Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Reviewed by Donald Watson, editor of the website theOARSlist.com , Organizations Addressing Resilience and Sustainability, editor of Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design (McGraw-Hill 2001), and co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). He has served as consultant for United Nations, U.S.

Risk Reduction 100

Risk Reduction All-Hazards Natural Hazard Hazard 100

Emergency Planning

JULY 29, 2019

Any attempt to relate the current anomie to disaster risk reduction (DRR) must take account of the 'egg hypothesis'. In modern disaster risk reduction, problem solvers abound. Social media in disaster risk reduction and crisis management. Bilham 2011. Anomie and shortage of disaster governance.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Internet Media All-Hazards 130

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. In 2011, when I was approached by Elsevier about establishing the IJDRR, the first question was, "Is there a need for a new journal in this field?"

Publishing 130

Publishing All-Hazards Risk Reduction Education 130

everbridge

AUGUST 26, 2021

In 2011, when extreme flooding crippled factories in Thailand, the country’s central bank estimated that the supply-chain disruptions lowered Thailand’s GDP growth rate by 76 percent, dropping it from the forecasted 4.1 percent as a result of the floods, according to estimates by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Mitigation 52

Mitigation Logistics Risk Reduction Retail 52

Security Industry Association

MARCH 29, 2021

JA : Riley is a veteran-owned small business that Phil Dwyer and I co-founded in 2011. The question, however, shouldn’t always be about cost reduction; it should be about risk reduction. SIA spoke with Jake Allen, president and CEO of Riley, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Risk Reduction Security Management 52