Remove 2012 Remove Disaster Preparedness Remove Vulnerability
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Cities, Cultural Heritage and the Culture of Responding to Floods

Emergency Planning

Powerful floods struck Puerto Lumbreras again in 2012. Each new disaster reveals the shortcomings of hazard mitigation and disaster preparedness. On the approach road a steel girder viaduct had been folded up and swept kilometres downstream by the violence of the water. Europe is not well protected against flooding.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

In my role leading the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Climate School, as well as through other positions, I have dedicated my career to fostering the impact of disaster research in the fields of policy and practice. 112-25) instated annual limits on discretionary spending for FY 2012–2021.