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DRI Updates Commitment to Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

DRI Drive

. “The Sendai Framework created a shift from managing disasters to managing risks. The post DRI Updates Commitment to Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction appeared first on DRI Drive. For this purpose, it underlines the need to build the knowledge of government […].

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Tornado Risk Reduction – An American Success Story

DisasterDoc

The post Tornado Risk Reduction – An American Success Story appeared first on DisasterDoc. The US experiences more tornadoes than any other country on earth, with an average of over 1,000 tornadoes recorded each year. Canada is a distant second, with around 100.

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UNDRR: Disaster Risk ‘Out of Control’

DRI Drive

According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), one major reason is inaction on the part of decision makers. For years, disasters have been getting bigger, more complex, and more expensive.

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Can Sunlight Reduce Climate Risks? New Report Outlines Potential Approaches

DRI Drive

A recent United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction report highlighted a sharp increase in disasters with the vast majority of effects borne by low-income countries.

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Disaster Risk Reduction is not a Paradigm

Emergency Planning

Like any field of study, disaster risk reduction needs lateral thinking. Sadly, a follow-the-herd mentality all too easily develops among researchers. The residual question is how to liberate and encourage creativity. In other words, it needs diverse entities to be linked in new and productive ways.

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

Emergency Planning

In disaster risk reduction circles, there is an almost desperate reliance on 'community' and a strong growth in studies and plans to "involve the community" in facing up to risks and impacts (Berkes and Ross 2013). The intentions are laudable, as DRR needs to be democratised if it is to function.

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European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction to look at continuing climate challenges 

Crisis Response Journal

Ahead of the 2018 European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction in Rome, Rosalind Cook, Professor Sirkku Juhola and Jaroslav Mysiak take a look at the pressing need for Europe to meet the challenges of a changing climate. By Rosalind Cook, Professor Sirkku Juhola and Jarosla