Recovery Diva

MAY 7, 2022

Book Review: The Invention of Disaster: Power of Knowledge in Discourses of Hazard and Vulnerability. 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. Series Editor: Ilan Kelman. For more information: [link].

Risk Reduction 113

Risk Reduction Hazard Natural Hazard Vulnerability 113

Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

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.

Risk Reduction 100

Risk Reduction All-Hazards Natural Hazard Hazard 100

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. Civil protection must be developed at the local authority level, coordinated regionally and harmonised nationally. Preamble 1.1 Unplanned mass migrations will occur.

Resilience 244

Resilience All-Hazards Emergency Planning Hazard 244

MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Many companies spend millions of dollars implementing risk mitigation controls but are kept from getting their money’s worth by a disconnected, piecemeal approach. Successful risk mitigation requires that a central authority supervise controls following a coherent strategy. I wish it were true.

Mitigation 83

Mitigation Authorization Risk Management Vulnerability 83

CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 10, 2024

For example: Risk assessments and emergency and business continuity plans now need to consider Indigenous knowledge, climate change, cultural safety, and impacts on vulnerable persons, animals, places or things. In alignment with UNDRIP and B.C.’s The team at CCEM can help. Contact us today to get started!

Management 64

Management Capacity Strategic Risk Reduction 64

CCEM Strategies

APRIL 13, 2023

With many coastal communities in British Columbia vulnerable to impacts from a destructive tsunami, it’s vital you know how to prepare and react to a tsunami alert. British Columbia’s coastal areas have the highest risk of tsunamis in Canada and it’s no coincidence that BC is also the province at most risk for a major earthquake.

Alert 52

Alert Risk Reduction Media Authorization 52

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. In addition, technology is a potential source of vulnerability as well as a means of reducing it. Within this compass, most decision-making can be judged rational.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130