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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

Source: Wikimedia Commons An interesting map was published by the US Geological Survey shortly after the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes. [1] How much simpler to attribute it all to anonymous forces within the ground! Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15: 931-945. Natural Hazards 109: 161-200. Ozmen, H.B.

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

These may be published separately in an academic journal. It could be argued that political decision making is the greatest barrier of all to successful disaster risk reduction. Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43. The GAR notes that "we all live in communities".

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Emerald Publishing Ltd. The principles establish a high and, for all the authors of this volume, a necessary standard for the aspirations of emergency managers and the communities they serve, to work toward disaster recovery processes and practices whereby: #1 ….all Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management.