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Foresight

Emergency Planning

It is obvious that military instability is likely to complicate and retard the process of getting natural hazard impacts under control. There has recently been a surge of research interest in disaster and conflict (ref). References Fukuyama, F. The End of History and the Last Man. The Free Press, New York, 418 pp.

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

An example of this for the 2013 GAR can be found in Di Mauro (2014). Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43. Global probabilistic assessment of risk from natural hazards for the Global Assessment Report 2013 (GAR13). The GAR notes that "we all live in communities".

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Leonardo and the Deluge

Emergency Planning

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 13(11): 2707-2716. DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-2707-2013 Clayton, M. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 76(1): 38-49. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1986.tb00102.x 1467-8306.1986.tb00102.x x Alexander, D.E. Resilience and disaster risk reduction: an etymological journey.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

The study of disasters is a 'lateral discipline' that, to varying degrees embraces at least 42 other disciplines and professions (Alexander 2013). Warming has already begun to have a substantial effect on the magnitude and frequency of meteorological hazards. Alexander, D. From civil defence to civil protection--and back again.

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Conspiracy Theory Brewing Over Chicken Farm Fires Is False, Experts Say

National Fire Protection Association

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), an American nonprofit that supports animal rights, tracks barn fires in particular, and from 2013 to 2017, the AWI reports that more than 325 barn fires occurred in the US, killing nearly 2.8 And these blazes can be exceptionally deadly for the animals housed there. million animals.

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The hidden costs of shadow IT: How unsanctioned tech impacts your budget

Online Computers

In 2013, thieves stole two laptops from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ), the state’s largest healthcare provider. Using unauthorized laptops illustrates the hazards of shadow IT within a company. This data breach led to Horizon BCBSNJ paying $1.1

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Disaster Risk Reduction is not a Paradigm

Emergency Planning

It is a healthy sign in a field that draws upon more than 40 disciplines for its knowledge (Alexander 2013). Natural Hazards 86: 969-988. My only reservation about this is that we may need the impact of a recognisable paradigm in order to gain the recognition that the field needs. References Alexander, D.E. Ismail-Zadeh, A.T.,