Emergency Planning

MAY 6, 2024

The lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic, alas largely negative, show that a good civilian system designed to protect the public against major hazards and threats can save thousands of lives and billions in losses and wasted expenditure. 1] The best solution to this problem is to promote inclusiveness in emergency preparedness at all levels.

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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. I have taught it every year since then.

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Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

d) Intentional disasters, comprising all forms of terrorism and sabotage. (e) The need to include military strategy and the strategic politics of defence in our studies would unbalance them. Warming has already begun to have a substantial effect on the magnitude and frequency of meteorological hazards. Krausmann, E., Necci 2019.

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