Emergency Planning
MAY 27, 2019
Towards the end of his life he became preoccupied with the threat of the Universal Deluge (in this he was not alone: see my paper on the etymology of the term 'resilience'). Resilience and disaster risk reduction: an etymological journey. DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-2707-2013 Clayton, M. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1986.tb00102.x
Emergency Planning
APRIL 9, 2020
In this context, I salute the thoughtful work of Christopher Gomez, Dierdre Hart and JC Gaillard (Gomez and Hart 2013, Gaillard and Gomez 2015) on the phenomenon of the "disaster gold rush". Disaster gold rushes, sophisms and academic neocolonialism: comments on ‘Earthquake disasters and resilience in the global North’. Gaillard, J-C.
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Emergency Planning
MAY 30, 2019
An example of this for the 2013 GAR can be found in Di Mauro (2014). Global probabilistic assessment of risk from natural hazards for the Global Assessment Report 2013 (GAR13). Recommendations for a Post-2015 Disaster Risk Reduction Framework to Strengthen the Resilience of Communities to All Hazards. GNCSODR 2015. UNISDR 2005.
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 struggle to create community resilience pits organised collective action against individualism.
Plan B Consulting
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
Reflecting on the theme for this year’s BCI Education Month, ‘Discover Business Continuity & Resilience’, Charlie looks at how newcomers to the profession can learn from the experience of others and gain the knowledge to succeed in their role. Business continuity is not a profession you can learn out of a book.
Plan B Consulting
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
Reflecting on the theme for this year’s BCI Education Month, ‘Discover Business Continuity & Resilience’, Charlie looks at how newcomers to the profession can learn from the experience of others and gain the knowledge to succeed in their role. Business continuity is not a profession you can learn out of a book.
Plan B Consulting
JULY 14, 2017
Within the book, there was an emphasis on providing value and improvement to the organisation’s resilience, by carrying out business continuity, instead of making it all about compliance. For me, the examples demonstrated that Adaptive BC is not very different to the BCI Good Practice Guidelines 2013, which many of us work to.
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