Emergency Planning

MAY 30, 2019

An example of this for the 2013 GAR can be found in Di Mauro (2014). It could be argued that political decision making is the greatest barrier of all to successful disaster risk reduction. Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43. The 'should ratio'. link] Di Mauro, M. (ed.)

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130

Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014.

Civil Emergency 130

Civil Emergency Pandemic All-Hazards Logistics 130

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 20, 2021

As bodies piled up on street corners and in courtyards there was no time to count them all. In his words, "the colonial institutions’ assiduous extraction of surpluses left the population both destitute and vulnerable to hazards for centuries to come." Haiti has long had a shortage of all three. Disasters 34(S3): S444-S463. [ii]

Vulnerability 174

Vulnerability All-Hazards Risk Reduction Government 174

Emergency Planning

JULY 29, 2019

The change is achieved through apomediation (bypassing information gatekeepers), and control now rests in the information itself, and how it is served up to its consumers (Alexander 2014). The tendency in research and policy advice is to assume that everyone in power has a strong desire to reduce hazards and threats. Alexander, D.E.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Internet Media All-Hazards 130