Emergency Planning
MAY 30, 2019
One of the most intransigent problems with the predecessor of the Sendai Framework, Hyogo Framework for Action, 2005-2015, was its resolute reliance on a 'top-down' approach. Studies showed that the HFA had had little impact at the local level (GNCSODR 2015). GNCSODR 2015. Views From the Frontline: Beyond 2015.
Emergency Planning
MARCH 27, 2020
In 2015 Gaillard and Gomez published an interesting paper on the "disaster research gold rush". Gomez 2015. As I write, the Covid-19 pandemic is ramping up in many countries. So is the response by academic authors. Haas and E.L. Quarantelli 1967. Administrative, methodological, and theoretical problems of disaster research.
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Emergency Planning
APRIL 9, 2020
In this context, I salute the thoughtful work of Christopher Gomez, Dierdre Hart and JC Gaillard (Gomez and Hart 2013, Gaillard and Gomez 2015) on the phenomenon of the "disaster gold rush". Gomez 2015. Nevertheless, I cannot ignore the breakneck speed with which papers are propelled into [digital] print nowadays. Gaillard, J-C.
Plan B Consulting
APRIL 12, 2019
São Paulo, Brazil’s financial capital and one of the 10 most populated cities, nearly ran out of water in 2015, when the main reservoir fell below 4% capacity. In the 1990s, we had lots of transport and natural disasters, so emergency planning came of age. Over the last few years, two cities have almost run out of water.
Plan B Consulting
APRIL 12, 2019
São Paulo, Brazil’s financial capital and one of the 10 most populated cities, nearly ran out of water in 2015, when the main reservoir fell below 4% capacity. In the 1990s, we had lots of transport and natural disasters, so emergency planning came of age. Over the last few years, two cities have almost run out of water.
Emergency Planning
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
It is also singular that one of the first short, stubby minarets in Turkey (located in Izmir) was built 300 years after Sinan died in 1588. Select Bibliography of Sources on Turkish R/C Construction Practices Cogurcu, M.T. Construction and design defects in the residential buildings and observed earthquake damage types in Turkey. Ecemis, S.Z.
Emergency Planning
AUGUST 20, 2021
Krimgold (eds) 2015. The barriers to environmental sustainability in post-disaster settings: a case study of transitional shelter implementation in Haiti. Disasters 38(S1): S25-S49. [iv] iv] Davis, Ian 1978. Shelter After Disaster. Oxford Polytechnic Press, Oxford, 127 pp. [v] v] Davis, I., Thompson and F. vi] Oliver-Smith, Anthony 2010.
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