National Center for Disaster Prepardness

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

It is also a time for us, particularly in the disaster preparedness community, to reflect on what has changed since 9/11 and what has not. The state of preparedness in the United States is evolving. The field of emergency management and disaster research today would be unrecognizable 20 years ago.

Disaster Management 98

Disaster Management Disaster Preparedness Management Pandemic 98

Risk Management Monitor

AUGUST 9, 2022

Public perception often assumes that tornadoes drive the bulk of annual severe convective storm (SCS) damage costs,” said Steve Bowen, managing director and head of catastrophe insight on Aon’s Impact Forecasting team. “

Insurance 78

Insurance Insurance Disaster Preparedness Management 78

Emergency Planning

MAY 30, 2019

UNDRR has a recurrent initiative for assessing the state of disaster preparedness around the world, and this results in a document, the Global Assessment Report (GAR), which is issued biennially to coincide with the UN's Global Platform on DRR. An example of this for the 2013 GAR can be found in Di Mauro (2014).

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130