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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

Reviewed by Donald Watson, editor of the website theOARSlist.com , Organizations Addressing Resilience and Sustainability, editor of Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design (McGraw-Hill 2001), and co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). He has served as consultant for United Nations, U.S.

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Book Review: The Invention of Disaster

Recovery Diva

Author : JC Gaillard, Professor of Geography, University of Auckland, New Zealand. is a disaster risk management specialist, currently working for the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC Global). The author also challenges the “inclusion” agenda of the Sendai and UN Climate Change frameworks. Reviewer: Irmak Renda-Tanali, D.Sc.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

trillion in global economic losses,” according to a report conducted by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Disaster risk is becoming systemic with one event overlapping and influencing another in ways that are testing our resilience to the limit,” Mizutori said. million lives, affecting 4.2

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Four Questions About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Emergency Planning

Can we draw on expertise in the field of disaster risk management? Under such circumstances, disaster risk management is vitally important, especially as one is dealing with a medical emergency and a social, economic and psychological one. However, the pandemic must be managed at the local level.

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GDPR Compliance Checklist: How ZenGRC Automates Your Data Privacy Program 

Reciprocity

Since its implementation in 2018, GDPR enforcement has only intensified, with regulatory authorities increasingly willing to impose substantial penalties for violations. New regulatory guidance, court rulings, and different interpretations from EU member states’ data protection authorities can quickly change compliance requirements.

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Who’s the Boss? Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership

MHA Consulting

Many companies spend millions of dollars implementing risk mitigation controls but are kept from getting their money’s worth by a disconnected, piecemeal approach. Successful risk mitigation requires that a central authority supervise controls following a coherent strategy.

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COVID, Meet Cognitive Bias. CB, Meet COVID. You Two Have Much to Talk About!

Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

Risk Management should not be political. “Flatten The Curve” has become “Lower Deaths” has become “Just Stay At Home” The Way Forward: Multi-dimensional Risk Management How do we get out of this endless loop? Finally, let’s start to take a risk management approach.

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