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OUR CHALLENGE

Emergency Planning

There have recently been some natural hazard events of extraordinary size and power, but they are no more than curtain raisers. Natural hazard impacts are becoming fiercer, more extensive and more frequent. We must also grapple with complexity and intersection with other forms of threat and hazard. The goal is ever receding.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

d) Intentional disasters, comprising all forms of terrorism and sabotage. (e) The next question is where to draw the boundaries in the study of disasters and practice of disaster risk reduction. Warming has already begun to have a substantial effect on the magnitude and frequency of meteorological hazards.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

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trillion in global economic losses,” according to a report conducted by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). There has also been a rise in geophysical events including earthquakes and tsunamis which have killed more people than any of the other natural hazards under review in this report. Where is your inventory?

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The 1980 Southern Italian Earthquake After Forty Years

Emergency Planning

The year 1980 was something of a watershed in the field of disaster risk reduction (or disaster management as it was then known). The incessant, cumulative hammer-blow effect of disasters of all kinds on modern society had begun to stimulate a consistent demand for greater safety and security.

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ISO 27001 Certification Requirements & Standards

Reciprocity

The ISO 27001 family, published by the International Organization for Standardization, includes a set of standards for information security. Deciphering the various numbers can be confusing at first, but each standard is numbered and deals with a specific facet of managing your company’s information security risk management efforts.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

The lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic, alas largely negative, show that a good civilian system designed to protect the public against major hazards and threats can save thousands of lives and billions in losses and wasted expenditure. 1] The best solution to this problem is to promote inclusiveness in emergency preparedness at all levels.

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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

Safety’ refers to protection against major hazards such as storms, floods and industrial explosions. Security’ involves protection against major threats, such as terrorist activity. At all levels the system must be integral, robust and complete. Volunteer work should be encouraged in disaster risk reduction and kindred fields.