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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

Constructing Risk is a fully developed treatise on the current state of art of disaster risk and “development,” represented by planning, design and construction of the built environment. But this time governments and communities ought to manage the risk with an acceptable collective strategy.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Review of Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management, e dited by Allessandra Jerolleman and William L. Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. More than twenty authors are represented in this timely book, edited by Alessandra Jerolleman and William L. Emerald Publishing Ltd.

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All Outages Like British Air are ALWAYS Human Error!

Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

The biggest lesson organizations should learn from incidents like the British Air disruption is that they are all , at their root, caused by human error. Mitigating this factor will yield dividends for any organization seeking to reduce Risk. Mitigating this factor will yield dividends for any organization seeking to reduce Risk.

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