National Center for Disaster Prepardness

AUGUST 22, 2024

However, the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina made it clear that the field had prioritized terrorist events to the detriment of other disasters. Lessons learned after Katrina led the field to refocus again on an all-hazards and a more whole-community-oriented planning approach. — Zayna Syed graduated from the M.A.

Disaster Preparedness 122

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Emergency Planning

MAY 30, 2019

UNDRR has a recurrent initiative for assessing the state of disaster preparedness around the world, and this results in a document, the Global Assessment Report (GAR), which is issued biennially to coincide with the UN's Global Platform on DRR. An example of this for the 2013 GAR can be found in Di Mauro (2014). GNCSODR 2015.

Risk Reduction 130

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

JANUARY 19, 2022

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. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022. By: Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA.

Pandemic 52

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