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Book Review: The Invention of Disaster

Recovery Diva

is a disaster risk management specialist, currently working for the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC Global). is a disaster risk management specialist, currently working for the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC Global). Reviewer: Irmak Renda-Tanali, D.Sc. Reviewer: Irmak Renda-Tanali, D.Sc.

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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). It was clear that the US Government was influenced by the suffering and the shortcomings of the response to the tragedy as it built up its own capacity to respond to natural hazard impacts.

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Training Solutions: Enhancing Tribal Nations’ Readiness and Resilience

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

However, institutional barriers often limit many communities’ adaptive capacities. NCDP studies the readiness of governmental and non-governmental systems, the complexities of population recovery, the power of community engagement, and the risks of human vulnerability.

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B.C.’s New Bill 31 – Emergency and Disaster Management Act

CCEM Strategies

s Emergency Management Legislation Has Arrived Marking a historic moment of modernization for emergency and disaster management governance in B.C. A deliberate focus on modernization first emerged five years ago in 2018, when the Province adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Long Anticipated Update to B.C.’s

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Community Emergency Managers: Maximize Impact with B.C.’s New Indigenous Engagement Funding

CCEM Strategies

For example: Risk assessments and emergency and business continuity plans now need to consider Indigenous knowledge, climate change, cultural safety, and impacts on vulnerable persons, animals, places or things. Build on and reference existing risk assessments, plans, and other program elements. In alignment with UNDRIP and B.C.’s

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AI for Early Warning Systems and Anticipatory Action

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2017). Early Warning Systems (EWS) are a foundational component of disaster risk reduction (Reichstein 2025). is primarily governed by the Stafford Act. Why does anticipatory action look different in different parts of the world?

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Beyond Your Borders: Strengthening Resilience For The Greater Good

everbridge

Additionally, providing resources, training, and capacity-building programs can empower community members to actively participate in disaster response efforts. Leaders can also advocate for the development of regulations that incentivize risk reduction measures and require organizations to integrate resilience into their operations.