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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

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.

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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. all community members…be provided with the ability exercise their agency fully through free and informed choice in support of their personal well-being. #2

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

d) Intentional disasters, comprising all forms of terrorism and sabotage. (e) Na-techs' (natural-technological disasters) appear in this category (Krausmann et al. Warming has already begun to have a substantial effect on the magnitude and frequency of meteorological hazards. Disasters 42(S2): S265-S286. Krausmann, E.,

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Mitigating the Impact of Severe Weather

everbridge

billion people across the globe, putting communities and the businesses they support at risk. As severe weather continues to threaten more people and cause greater harm, building resilience against natural hazards and climate threats is paramount: the time for governments and enterprises to act is now. Severe Weather Trends.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

There has also been a rise in geophysical events including earthquakes and tsunamis which have killed more people than any of the other natural hazards under review in this report. Disaster risk is becoming systemic with one event overlapping and influencing another in ways that are testing our resilience to the limit,” Mizutori said.