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Book Review: Disaster Management and Information Technology

Recovery Diva

Book Review: Disaster Management and Information Technology: Professional Response and Recovery Management in the Age of Disasters. Content : A comprehensive guide to the multifaceted world of disaster management, seamlessly integrated with modern technology. Editors: Hans Jochen Scholl, Eric E. Holdeman, F.

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Disaster Management and Information Technology

Disaster Zone

Professional Response and Recovery Management in the Age of Disasters

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Assessing Racial Equality in Disaster Management

Recovery Diva

From RAND: Assessing Racial Equity in Disaster Management. The RAND Corporation performed a literature review and exploratory study on racial equity, and how disasters can magnify the challenges already present for diverse community members. According to the report, the U.S.

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B.C.’s New Bill 31 – Emergency and Disaster Management Act

CCEM Strategies

s current emergency management legislation (the Emergency Program Act ), the B.C. s Emergency Management Legislation Has Arrived Marking a historic moment of modernization for emergency and disaster management governance in B.C. NDP has tabled the new Bill 31 – 2023: Emergency and Disaster Management Act.

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New Grant Aims to Improve Disaster management and Recovery

Recovery Diva

From FL International University: NSF awards grant to College of Engineering to help improve disaster management and pandemic recovery.

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The Emergency Management Institute at 70

Recovery Diva

The Emergency Management Institute at 70;From Civil Defense to Emergency Management in an Education and Training Institution. This report traces the 70-year history of the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) from the founding of its predecessor in 1951 to the present.

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IoT Based Disaster Management

Business Continuity Today

With the use of mobile devices, locating individuals during a disaster is becoming easy with Cell/RIF/Bluetooth. The mobile device-enabled Augmented Reality(AR) in conjunction with the Internet of Things(IoT) is changing the face of disaster management. They both are powerful technologies in the era of modernization.