Emergency Planning

MAY 6, 2024

National elections in the United Kingdom are likely to bring a change in the political complexion of the government. In a world characterised by rising levels of hazard and threat, improvement of the civil protection system is a necessity. The United Kingdom does not lack talent and expertise in civil protection.

All-Hazards 130

All-Hazards Hazard Risk Reduction Emergency Response 130

Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

These statements document incremental progress to recognizing the principal message and caution of this book, that our development practices—the ways we build on the land—too often resulting in increasing risk of disaster, when they could and should be doing the opposite, reducing risk to natural disaster, climate change and sea level rise.

Risk Reduction 100

Risk Reduction All-Hazards Natural Hazard Hazard 100

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Reality: The imposition of martial law after disaster is extremely rare and implies that normal mechanisms of government were never effective in any way. Myth 17: Unburied dead bodies constitute a health hazard. Reality: Not even advanced decomposition causes a significant health hazard. Myth 31: Tsunamis are tidal waves.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130

Emergency Planning

MARCH 23, 2022

The increasing vulnerability and dwindling redundancy of life-support systems will aggravate the effect of proliferating failure among critical infrastructure networks. Safety’ refers to protection against major hazards such as storms, floods and industrial explosions. At all levels the system must be integral, robust and complete.

Resilience 244

Resilience All-Hazards Emergency Planning Hazard 244

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 20, 2021

As bodies piled up on street corners and in courtyards there was no time to count them all. million people were displaced from their homes, but the earthquake destroyed more than people and their homes: it dealt a near fatal blow to government. Haiti has long had a shortage of all three.

Vulnerability 174

Vulnerability All-Hazards Risk Reduction Government 174

Emergency Planning

JULY 29, 2019

Vast resources are now devoted to distorting the picture, and all three superpowers are busy utilising them (Druzin and Gordon 2018, Merrin 2019, Rudick and Dannels 2019). Any attempt to relate the current anomie to disaster risk reduction (DRR) must take account of the 'egg hypothesis'. Alexander, D.E.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Internet Media All-Hazards 130