Emergency Planning

MARCH 3, 2025

There have recently been some natural hazard events of extraordinary size and power, but they are no more than curtain raisers. Natural hazard impacts are becoming fiercer, more extensive and more frequent. We must also grapple with complexity and intersection with other forms of threat and hazard. The goal is ever receding.

All-Hazards 130

All-Hazards Natural Hazard Hazard Risk Reduction 130

everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

trillion in global economic losses,” according to a report conducted by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). 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.

Resilience 142

Resilience Risk Reduction Management Command Center 142

Emergency Planning

MAY 6, 2024

The lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic, alas largely negative, show that a good civilian system designed to protect the public against major hazards and threats can save thousands of lives and billions in losses and wasted expenditure. Standardised,"all hazards" emergency planning methodology applied at all levels.

All-Hazards 100

All-Hazards Hazard Risk Reduction Emergency Response 100

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 20, 2021

In his words, "the colonial institutions’ assiduous extraction of surpluses left the population both destitute and vulnerable to hazards for centuries to come." Consider, for example, the role of the Internet and social media. Stability, good governance and democratic participation are essential ingredients of disaster risk reduction.

Vulnerability 174

Vulnerability All-Hazards Risk Reduction Media 174

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Myth 16: The mass media create an accurate picture of the disasters on which they report. Reality: There is a pervasive tendency for the media to exaggerate and distort disaster-related information. Myth 17: Unburied dead bodies constitute a health hazard. Very rarely are journalists ever expert on disasters and crises.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130

Emergency Planning

JULY 29, 2019

Something similar has happened with the Internet and social media. Early views of social media (e.g. Although not characterised by loss of control, there has been a change in the way that media, and the information they purvey, are controlled. In modern disaster risk reduction, problem solvers abound. Bird et al.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Internet Media All-Hazards 130