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Crises On The Rise: 5 Focus Areas For Greater Resilience

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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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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

For example, business continuity management has a slightly different set of priorities which induces it to change the emphasis among triggering factors (Elliott et al. Warming has already begun to have a substantial effect on the magnitude and frequency of meteorological hazards. Caffrey 2005. Herbane 2010. Krausmann, E.,

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Emergency Planning

Since the late 20th century, the concept of anomie has been reinterpreted (Allan 2005, pp. The tendency in research and policy advice is to assume that everyone in power has a strong desire to reduce hazards and threats. Journal of Emergency Management 8(6): 15-27. Social media in disaster risk reduction and crisis management.