Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 14, 2020

It is important to understand the relative nature of risk in geographical terms, with respect to the co-occurrence of different kinds of risk, and so as to prioritise risk management interventions. Emergency planning is an essential tool in the response to a pandemic. Planning is more a process than an outcome.

Pandemic 176

Pandemic Hospitality Logistics Authorization 176

CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 10, 2024

A long-term funding and capacity building framework is still needed to support First Nations and local authorities in meeting the new EDMA requirements. It has been criticized in the past for incentivizing short-term spending on distinct program elements like equipment, training, and route planning. The team at CCEM can help.

Management 64

Management Capacity Strategic Risk Reduction 64

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 22, 2019

I am the founding editor of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR), which began publishing in August 2012 with just four papers. I am amazed at how many authors submit work and do not even seem to have spent those vital two minutes putting the basic key words into Google Scholar.

Publishing 130

Publishing All-Hazards Risk Reduction Education 130

Emergency Planning

MAY 27, 2019

We are now treated to the irony of long queues forming to look at pages and notebooks whose author regarded them as intensely private. Resilience and disaster risk reduction: an etymological journey. Leonardo wrote for himself, privately, often using his ambidextrous skills to write in mirror image. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1986.tb00102.x

Natural Hazard 130

Natural Hazard Risk Reduction All-Hazards Hazard 130

Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In disaster risk reduction circles, there is an almost desperate reliance on 'community' and a strong growth in studies and plans to "involve the community" in facing up to risks and impacts (Berkes and Ross 2013). The intentions are laudable, as DRR needs to be democratised if it is to function.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Resilience Natural Hazard Hazard 130

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Myth 10: After disaster people will not make rational decisions and will therefore inevitably tend to do the wrong thing unless authority guides them. Myth 58: For every dollar [pound, euro, shekel] spent on disaster risk reduction, between four and 11 dollars are saved in damage and losses avoided.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130

everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

trillion in global economic losses,” according to a report conducted by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Disaster risk is becoming systemic with one event overlapping and influencing another in ways that are testing our resilience to the limit,” Mizutori said. million lives, affecting 4.2

Resilience 142

Resilience Risk Reduction Management Command Center 142