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Crises On The Rise: 5 Focus Areas For Greater Resilience

everbridge

The global landscape has experienced an undeniable surge in hazards over the past decade. Natural disasters, pandemics, cybersecurity events, and other crises have wrought devastation on communities worldwide, leading many to question whether the hazard environment is changing for the worse.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

d) Intentional disasters, comprising all forms of terrorism and sabotage. (e) Pandemics are included because many of the effects of a pandemic are likely to be socio-economic in nature. There is also a link between pandemics and the 'intentional disaster' of bioterrorism (Trufanov et al. Caffrey 2005. Girgin and A.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Testimony to the House of Representatives Committee on Rules’ Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process for the Hearing: Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters. Amidst all of this, we are overly dependent on a shadow budget for disaster response and relief that no one is planning.

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NCDP 20th Anniversary Reflections and Impacts

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

In a world of increasing disasters and uncertainty, I am inspired by my colleagues and all of their work, and am constantly humbled at the extraordinary privilege to lead a center like ours. I was also proud of NCDP during this period for providing thought leadership and highlighting many of the inequities that the pandemic illuminated.