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The Emergency Management Institute at 70

Recovery Diva

The Emergency Management Institute at 70;From Civil Defense to Emergency Management in an Education and Training Institution. This report traces the 70-year history of the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) from the founding of its predecessor in 1951 to the present.

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Disaster management: Looking through different filters 

Crisis Response Journal

Truly committing to equity and inclusivity means providing disaster managers with the flexibility to behave in ways that are respectful of cultural differences across geographical settings, says Nnenia Campbell in a paper first published in Natural Hazard By Nnenia Campbell

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Book Review: Case Studies in Disaster Recovery

Recovery Diva

Review of Case Studies in Disaster Recovery – A Volume in the Disaster and Emergency Management: Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovation Series. Keywords: disaster recovery, adaptation, innovation, resiliency, case studies, Reviewer : Irmak Renda-Tanali, D.Sc. Volume Editor: Jane Kushma, Ph.D. December 2022. Pages: 272.

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Transforming Disaster Management: The Promise and Challenges of AI in Wildfire Damage Assessment

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Recently, the exploration of artificial intelligence (AI) offers possibilities for enhancing the efficiency and speed of damage assessments, affording a shift toward more technologically integrated approaches in disaster management. Wang, D., & Yu, L. Remote Sensing, 14(2), 382.

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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

Book Review: Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management. Editors : Claire Connolly Knox and Brittany “Brie” Haupt Title : Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management: Concepts, Theories and Case Studies. disaster management specialist, PDC Global. link] April 2020.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Review of Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management, e dited by Allessandra Jerolleman and William L. Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Each chapter gives examples for emergency management to achieve “Just Disaster Recovery,” proposed in 2019 by Jerollemen in Disaster Recovery Through the Lens of Justice.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires , and extreme temperature events. 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.