Emergency Planning
MAY 14, 2024
After much pondering of the question, I have come to the conclusion that resilience is an illusion. This is not to denigrate the work of resilience managers, as there is obviously much to be done to reduce the risk and impact of adverse events. However, the concept of resilience is, I think, suspect. Holling, C.S
Recovery Diva
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Disaster and Emergency Management Methods; Social Science Approaches in Application by Jason Rivera. Key words: environmental governance, sustainability, resilience, climate risk, natural hazard, disaster risk reduction, building regulation. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
everbridge
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
There has also been a rise in geophysical events including earthquakes and tsunamis which have killed more people than any of the other natural hazards under review in this report. Disaster risk is becoming systemic with one event overlapping and influencing another in ways that are testing our resilience to the limit,” Mizutori said.
Recovery Diva
MAY 12, 2022
Review of Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management, e dited by Allessandra Jerolleman and William L. Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). Emerald Publishing Ltd.
Emergency Planning
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
Yet, faced with natural hazards, relative isolation, economic deprivation and cultural decline, it badly needs social solidarity, and that is something it lacks. Several arguments can be marshalled against the idea of community resilience:- The concept of 'community' has no inherent geographical scale.
Emergency Planning
MAY 30, 2019
The GAR proper consists of 15 chapters in four sections: introductory, the Sendai Framework (SFDRR), its implementation (and interaction with sustainable development), and managing risk nationally and locally. Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43. The 'should ratio'.
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).
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
130 
Let's personalize your content