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Post Earthquake: Managing the Situation in Christchurch NZ

Disaster Zone Podcast

In this Disaster Zone Podcast we will be talking about the significant challenges New Zealand and Christchurch faced in the aftermath of their 2010-2011 Earthquakes. The podcast guest is Brent Winder is a native New Zealander. You can contact him at Brenden.Winder@ccc.govt.nz The podcast guest is Brent Winder is a native New Zealander.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

2010) showed that in Colombia the combined effect of 20,000 small destructive events was much greater than the socio-economic impact of five large disasters. Herbane 2010. Barbat 2010. Guidotti (eds) 2010. It should be noted that sub-fields of disaster studies may require their own classifications. Field 2018).

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Internally displaced persons still struggling five years after Pakistan floods 

Crisis Response Journal

In this regular blog, researched and commissioned by CRJ’s Pakistan correspondent Luavut Zahid, freelance environmental writer Amar Guriro describes the continued plight of former agricultural workers displaced by Pakistan’s ‘Super Flood’ of 2010. By Luavut Zahid

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New Quadrennial Review

Recovery Diva

The Department of Homeland Security has released the Third Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR), a continuation of the first two QHSR Reports issued in 2010 and 2014. Third Quadrennial Homeland Security Review.

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

Emergency Planning

There is no such thing as societeigh", she said in that false plummy, slightly hectoring, distinctly overbearing voice (Tice 2010). Rioting and looting occurred in London in 2011 and in Concepcion, Chile, after the 2010 earthquake and tsunami. Socialist (25 November 2010), p. It may be therapeutic or it may be dysfunctional.

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Book Review: Case Studies in Disaster Recovery

Recovery Diva

and government (a critique of FEMA disaster assistance programs).

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Five Levels to A Purposeful Life

Norita Omar

Same thing with the earthquakes in 2010 and the rest of my challenges which now led to my abundant life and business, I will share more in my next post. This led to my promotion which made me realised that even with a brain injury (I was only 85% recovered) I still reached my potential and inspired others to do the same!