Recovery Diva

APRIL 12, 2023

This new book is the first released book (volume) of the four-volume series of Disaster and Emergency Management Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovation with three books forthcoming, each representing one of the four phases of disaster management (mitigation/prevention, preparedness, response, recovery). December 2022.

Disaster Recovery 188

Disaster Recovery All-Hazards Hazard Disaster Management 188

Recovery Diva

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Book Review: Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management. The editors are experts in the field with many years of conducting research and teaching with particular emphasis on social vulnerability and cultural complexity within the context of emergencies and disasters. link] April 2020. The case studies cover both the U.S.

Crisis Management 186

Crisis Management Accreditation Vulnerability Disaster Preparedness 186

Recovery Diva

MAY 7, 2022

Book Review: The Invention of Disaster: Power of Knowledge in Discourses of Hazard and Vulnerability. The book is part of Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change. Labeling certain groups as vulnerable justifies the intervention of outside actors (i.e. Series Editor: Ilan Kelman.

Risk Reduction 113

Risk Reduction Hazard Natural Hazard Vulnerability 113

Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

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.

Risk Reduction 100

Risk Reduction All-Hazards Natural Hazard Hazard 100

Recovery Diva

JUNE 30, 2022

Hazards Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder. This book is the 8th book in the University of Texas’ Katrina Bookshelf series edited by Kai Erikson. The book also recaps the legacy of race in the Americas and its impact on both media coverage and government response during and after Katrina. Former U.S.

Media 100

Media Natural Hazard Authorization Vulnerability 100

Business Resilience Decoded

APRIL 13, 2023

Episode 144: Evaluating the Safety, Hazards, and Risks in Your Organization’s Physical Environments When was the last time you evaluated the threats to your physical environment? Book Mathews as a speaker Jon Seals, producer Jon Seals is the editor in chief at Disaster Recovery Journal , the leading magazine/event in business continuity.

Evaluation 36

Evaluation Hazard All-Hazards Disaster Recovery 36

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 20, 2021

In his book about the earthquake, the eminent Harvard medical doctor Paul Farmer [ii] noted that only 3.8% In 1978 the architect Ian Davis published a small book entitled Shelter After Disaster , [iv] which included a number of well-chosen exposés of post-disaster housing as architectural fantasy rather than useful dwelling place.

Vulnerability 174

Vulnerability All-Hazards Risk Reduction Government 174