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Resilience is an illusion

Emergency Planning

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 13(11): 2707-2716. Holling, C.S Resilience and stability of ecological systems. Annual Reviews of Ecological Systems 4(1): 1-23. Manyena, B. After Sendai: is Africa bouncing back or bouncing forward from disasters? International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 7(1): 41-53. Whatmore, R.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

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). There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. Exercise Cygnus Report.

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Seeing and Hearing: Underrated Skills?

Emergency Planning

Rubinstein, Artur, 2016. The Four Books of Architecture ( I quattro libri dell'architettura , 1570). Dover Press, New York, 110 pp. Thompson, D’Arcy Wentworth 1942. On Growth and Form (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1116 pp. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9 & Fantasiestücke, Op. RCA, New York (CD).

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A man walks into a room

Emergency Planning

When she dies there, she is buried in the central courtyard–until 2016, when her remains are dug up. This leaves her no option but to retreat into her preferred nunnery, Saint Ursula (Sant'Orsola), where two of her daughters have already taken orders. Why is that?

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

Tierney (2008) provided a functional semantic classification of the size of extreme events (revised by Alexander 2016, p. ) While not independent of the magnitude of physical forces involved, it is not linearly related to them because it depends on the nature and size of the vulnerabilities that the physical forces act upon.

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PREPARING COASTAL BUSINESSES FOR THE BIG 3 - #2 EARTHQUAKES

CCEM Strategies

After witnessing the devastating effects of the April 2016 earthquakes in Ecuador and Japan, it’s increasingly difficult to deny the importance of planning and preparing for earthquakes. And, if you’re located in coastal areas, your chances of being affected increase.

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Prepare Your Business for Winter Weather During COVID-19

Disaster Safety

Emergency plans for loss of heat, electricity, fuel, and protection system impairments are necessary. DISASTER PLANNING MADE EASY IBHS has developed two easy-to-use tools to help small businesses develop a COVID-tailored business continuity plan and an emergency preparedness plan: OFB-EZ ® and EZ-PREP ®.