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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

Increasing dependency on critical infrastructure makes the country ever more vulnerable to proliferating technological failure, whether it is caused by cyber attack, sabotage or natural forces. An emphasis on understanding and reducing vulnerability rather than creating resilience, which is a less robust concept. 1] Domoto, A.,

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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

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.

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Emergency Planning

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.

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SIA New Member Profile: Riley

Security Industry Association

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. The services or systems that reduce impact or vulnerability the most, at the same price point, offer more inherent value.