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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

This textbook provides a multitude of case studies each written by academics who are actively teaching and/or have developed curriculum in the fields of crisis, disaster, and/or emergency management with a specific focus on vulnerable populations that are the weakest links in the hazard-risk chain. The case studies cover both the U.S.

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

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What is Business Continuity?

Erwood Group

It’s also a question that comes up all the time. I like to keep things simple, so the above is the simplest of all the definitions out there. It is disaster preparedness for business. Risk management is important to all businesses. What is Business Continuity. So, what is business continuity anyway? Do you like it?

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Lessons from Valencia’s Deadly Floods and the Role of AI in Disaster Preparedness

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

The disaster highlighted the need for disaster preparedness and offered valuable lessons as governments adapt to the new normal of increasingly extreme events. Dr. Pierre Gentine , the Director of LEAP , was in Valencia at the time of this natural disaster, working at the University of Valencia during his sabbatical.

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Nearly two decades after Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast, what policies have changed?

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

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. eastern seaboard and Caribbean islands.

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Cities, Cultural Heritage and the Culture of Responding to Floods

Emergency Planning

In 2021 a colleague who studies natural hazards wrote to me that "our institute is all but destroyed and colleagues have lost their homes". Each new disaster reveals the shortcomings of hazard mitigation and disaster preparedness. Europe is not well protected against flooding. What is civil protection?