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Post Earthquake: Managing the Situation in Christchurch NZ

Disaster Zone Podcast

He has also led an expert recovery team to Kathmandu, Nepal post-2015 earthquakes, and he is a member of the deployable New Zealand Emergency Management Assistance Team (EMAT). Like many of us, he Played a regional role inthe Whole of Government emergency response in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Covid-19 and the Disaster Research Gold Rush

Emergency Planning

As I write, the Covid-19 pandemic is ramping up in many countries. In 2015 Gaillard and Gomez published an interesting paper on the "disaster research gold rush". Much of what is written will need to be reconsidered in the light of the outcome of the pandemic, which is months away, and the post-event debate that follows it.

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Washington State Emergency Management

Disaster Zone Podcast

During his tenure, the State has successfully supported the response to and recovery from numerous major disasters to include the COVID Pandemic, the SR 530 Oso Landslide, the record-setting wildfire seasons of 2014 and 2015, and a host of devastating weather events.

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More on the Covid-19 Academic Gold Rush

Emergency Planning

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.

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Making Environmental Stewardship a Priority for Business

BMC

IQAir’s 2020 World Air Quality Report found that 65 percent of cities around the world had better air quality in 2020 versus 2019, while 84 percent of nations reported better overall air quality—those improvements attributable to fewer people out in the world due to pandemic restrictions. Our waterways are also threatened.

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Making Environmental Stewardship a Priority for Business

BMC

IQAir’s 2020 World Air Quality Report found that 65 percent of cities around the world had better air quality in 2020 versus 2019, while 84 percent of nations reported better overall air quality—those improvements attributable to fewer people out in the world due to pandemic restrictions. Our waterways are also threatened.

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SIA New Member Profile: ThreatModeler

Security Industry Association

In 2015, ThreatModeler launched a new version of its software that was web-based and aimed at enterprises. In response to the pandemic, the ThreatModeler team took time to reassess and advance research and development, utilizing the widespread business disruption as a time to further develop its solutions.