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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).

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). He has since served in over thirty nations worldwide as consultant for United Nations, U.S. Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Emerald Publishing Ltd.

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Writing Incident Scenarios: An Operational Resilience Trend Returns

Plan B Consulting

The use of risk scenarios is being pushed by the PRA and the FCA at present, as part of their operational resilience agenda. This style of planning was particularly prevalent in the USA, where they have a multitude of different natural hazards, which were addressed in business continuity plans.

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Writing Incident Scenarios: An Operational Resilience Trend Returns

Plan B Consulting

The use of risk scenarios is being pushed by the PRA and the FCA at present, as part of their operational resilience agenda. This style of planning was particularly prevalent in the USA, where they have a multitude of different natural hazards, which were addressed in business continuity plans.

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Business Continuity in the Caribbean

Plan B Consulting

My first lesson is about the number of natural hazards in the area. It is lucky that the people are resilient and ‘just get on with it’ after a disaster. Having resilient people and a ‘can do’ attitude is very much needed in an area very susceptible to natural disasters.

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Business Continuity in the Caribbean

Plan B Consulting

My first lesson is about the number of natural hazards in the area. It is lucky that the people are resilient and ‘just get on with it’ after a disaster. Having resilient people and a ‘can do’ attitude is very much needed in an area very susceptible to natural disasters.