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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

Reviewed by Donald Watson, editor of the website theOARSlist.com , Organizations Addressing Resilience and Sustainability, editor of Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design (McGraw-Hill 2001), and co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). He has served as consultant for United Nations, U.S.

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Book Review: The Invention of Disaster

Recovery Diva

Author : JC Gaillard, Professor of Geography, University of Auckland, New Zealand. The book is part of Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change. The author also challenges the “inclusion” agenda of the Sendai and UN Climate Change frameworks. Series Editor: Ilan Kelman. For more information: [link].

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Community Emergency Managers: Maximize Impact with B.C.’s New Indigenous Engagement Funding

CCEM Strategies

A long-term funding and capacity building framework is still needed to support First Nations and local authorities in meeting the new EDMA requirements. Strategies to Maximize Impact on IER Funding The IER Funding Program presents an opportunity for communities to assess and fortify their emergency management programs through engagement.

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Five Top Sessions for Security & Public Safety Practitioners at ISC East

Security Industry Association

14-16 in New York City, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) and ISC East recently revealed full conference details for the SIA Education@ISC East program , including keynote presentations from top luminaries and over 40 sessions from top industry expert speakers on the most current business trends, technologies and industry developments.

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SIA New Member Profile: Paratus Consultants Group

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Paratus Consultants Group is a full-service safety and security, risk reduction, mitigation and emergency preparedness consulting firm. I will be presenting at ISC West 2024 through InfraGard. events, regional events such as GovSummit and Perimeter PREVENT in D.C.,

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

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 Request a DEMO.

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COVID, Meet Cognitive Bias. CB, Meet COVID. You Two Have Much to Talk About!

Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

The easiest one to understand is the Gambler’s Fallacy – the belief that if the roulette wheel throws five reds then black is ‘due’ It’s not – past events don’t impact present probability – yet casinos get rich. Let’s get to Managing this Risk!

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