Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Key words: environmental governance, sustainability, resilience, climate risk, natural hazard, disaster risk reduction, building regulation. ISBN-hardcover: 978 0 367 42398 8 ISBN-electronic: 978 0 367 82394 8; Pages: 381; on-line price $52.95 for paperback., for hardback, $42.36 for etext USD.

Natural Hazard 203

Natural Hazard Management Risk Reduction All-Hazards 203

Recovery Diva

DECEMBER 30, 2021

From the American Society of Civil Engineers, Wind Hazard Damage Assessment Group: The StEER report on timpacts from 10 December 2021 tornado outbreak and accompanying media repository can be accessed below. Washington Post Guest Essay: Prevatt (2021) “We can build houses to survive tornadoes like Kentucky suffered. We just haven’t.”

Natural Hazard 100

Natural Hazard All-Hazards Damage Assessment Hazard 100

Recovery Diva

MAY 7, 2022

Book Review: The Invention of Disaster: Power of Knowledge in Discourses of Hazard and Vulnerability. The book is part of Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change. Author : JC Gaillard, Professor of Geography, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Series Editor: Ilan Kelman. For more information: [link].

Risk Reduction 113

Risk Reduction Hazard Natural Hazard Vulnerability 113

Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

179] After a number of chapters about the failings to influence construction and land planning, chapter 15 imagines headlines of the future, visions of the good that all-hazard risk management could achieve: 2031 School Life Safety instituted so that classrooms in the 450,000 primary and secondary schools around the globe are less vulnerable.

Risk Reduction 100

Risk Reduction All-Hazards Natural Hazard Hazard 100

Emergency Planning

APRIL 24, 2022

It is obvious that military instability is likely to complicate and retard the process of getting natural hazard impacts under control. All of these problems have at their root a lack of foresight and an inability to create stable global governance, as well, of course, as simple bad behaviour by national leaders.

Natural Hazard 199

Natural Hazard All-Hazards Entertainment Transportation 199

Recovery Diva

MAY 12, 2022

Chapter 4 “Lessons from Co-occuring Disasters: COVOID-19 and Eight Hurricanes”by Alessandra Jerolleman, Shirley Laska and Julie Torres is a complimentary review of Louisiana government leaders and emergency managers responses to a set of simultaneous disasters: global pandemic and an “epidemic” of landfalling hurricanes during the 2020 season.

Management 113

Management All-Hazards Transportation Disaster Recovery 113

everbridge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Natural hazards, public health emergencies, and other crises can strike at any moment, putting lives and livelihoods at risk. The Early Warnings for All Initiative, driven by the United Nations, recognizes this imperative and seeks to unite all stakeholders in building a safer world.

Natural Hazard 78

Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard Communications 78

Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

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. The initial response to the disaster in Italy was slow and chaotic enough instantly to become a national scandal.

Natural Hazard 130

Natural Hazard All-Hazards Automotive Risk Reduction 130

everbridge

MAY 13, 2022

As severe weather continues to threaten more people and cause greater harm, building resilience against natural hazards and climate threats is paramount: the time for governments and enterprises to act is now. An Urgency for Action: Why Enterprises and Government Organizations Should Act Now. Severe Weather Trends.

Mitigation 64

Mitigation All-Hazards Alert Hazard 64

everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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. This is what, in the climate environment, the World Meteorological Organization and Disaster Management Agencies at national Government levels are doing.

Resilience 142

Resilience Risk Reduction Management Command Center 142

CCEM Strategies

MAY 11, 2023

Flooding is one of the most common, pervasive, and costliest natural hazards in Canada , with a history of causing major disasters. Floods can cause a cascade of other issues such as contamination, flowing debris, hazardous debris, and ground instability. Communities (First Nations, Towns, Villages, Districts, Counties, etc.)

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Hazard Natural Hazard Transportation 52

Recovery Diva

JUNE 30, 2022

Studies, Yale University and Lori Peek, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Natural. Hazards Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder. The book also recaps the legacy of race in the Americas and its impact on both media coverage and government response during and after Katrina. Authors: Kai Erikson, William R.

Media 100

Media Natural Hazard Vulnerability Authorization 100