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The Beginnings of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP)

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

In 2003, the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia University, was founded to provide an academically based, interdisciplinary center focused on the capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from disasters. I said something like, “Hell, yes!” Only a few had existed in the U.S.,

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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

Publisher : Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London. Book Review: Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management. Editors : Claire Connolly Knox and Brittany “Brie” Haupt Title : Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management: Concepts, Theories and Case Studies. link] April 2020.

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Feeling helpless at home? Try giving

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

This piece was originally published on April 7, 2020 in The Hill. Try giving appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP. By: Gregory R. Witkowski and Jeffrey Schlegelmilch. If you are feeling like you want to do something to help, you are not alone. The post Feeling helpless at home?

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

UNDRR has a recurrent initiative for assessing the state of disaster preparedness around the world, and this results in a document, the Global Assessment Report (GAR), which is issued biennially to coincide with the UN's Global Platform on DRR. These may be published separately in an academic journal.

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Disaster Response and Equity: Reflecting on the Racial Disparities in Texas Power Outages

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Similarly, a study published by the Rockefeller Foundation found that areas with a high ‘minority’ population share were more than four times as likely to suffer a blackout compared to predominantly White areas. higher odds of experiencing an outage for at least 24 consecutive hours compared to White or Caucasian households.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

In my role leading the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Climate School, as well as through other positions, I have dedicated my career to fostering the impact of disaster research in the fields of policy and practice. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022. By: Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA.

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Racial Disparities and COVID-19

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun publishing nationwide metrics on those who have tested positive , and thus far African Americans make up 27.5% The post Racial Disparities and COVID-19 appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP. of the population overall, a ratio of 2.13.