Recovery Diva
JULY 27, 2023
For many of us the annual conference of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado/Boulder was a “must attend” event for many years.
National Center for Disaster Prepardness
MAY 12, 2021
state develops a hazard mitigation plan, which identifies top local risks and provides a framework for long term strategies to reduce risk and protect citizens and property from damage. 8 states/territories mention pandemic planning but do not discuss further how the state or agency will be able to mitigate the hazard from the event.
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everbridge
MAY 13, 2022
As severe weather continues to threaten more people and cause greater harm, building resilience against natural hazards and climate threats is paramount: the time for governments and enterprises to act is now. What steps can governments take to mitigate climate risk and severe weather events? Severe Weather Trends.
Emergency Planning
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15: 931-945. Natural Hazards 109: 161-200. A view on how to mitigate earthquake damages in Turkey from a civil engineering perspective. Select Bibliography of Sources on Turkish R/C Construction Practices Cogurcu, M.T. Ecemis, S.Z. Korkmaz, M.H. Arslan and H.H. Ozmen, H.B.
Recovery Diva
DECEMBER 30, 2021
As wind engineers you may be also interested to review some of the comments from over 280 letter writers in response to this piece – indicating the public (or many among the public) are painfully aware of what can be done to mitigate tornado losses.
Emergency Planning
APRIL 24, 2022
It is obvious that military instability is likely to complicate and retard the process of getting natural hazard impacts under control. There has recently been a surge of research interest in disaster and conflict (ref). The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a cascading disaster with global ramifications.
Emergency Planning
MAY 30, 2019
Globally, about a thousand times as much is spent on hydrocarbon exploration and extraction than on the mitigation of the climate change that results from burning fossil fuels (Mechler et al. Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43. The 'should ratio'. link] Di Mauro, M. (ed.)
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