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Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Boulder

Disaster Zone Podcast

All forms of science can be beneficial to people working in the emergency management and disaster related fields of endeavor. Lori Peek, a professor in the Department of Sociology and director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder is the guest for this podcast.

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New GAO Report on AI in Natural Hazards Modeling

Recovery Diva

TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: Artificial Intelligence in Natural Hazard Modeling Severe Storms, Hurricanes, Floods, and Wildfire. The Diva considers this a must read for people in the emergency management field and expects that this subject will be an important one in 2024. Note that the full report is 61 pp.

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Book Review: Disaster and Emergency Management Methods

Recovery Diva

Disaster and Emergency Management Methods; Social Science Approaches in Application by Jason Rivera. Key words: environmental governance, sustainability, resilience, climate risk, natural hazard, disaster risk reduction, building regulation. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London. for paperback.,

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OUR CHALLENGE

Emergency Planning

Emergency planning excluded emergency planners and was put in the hands of a consortium of medical doctors and politicians, yet half the battle in a pandemic is to manage the logistical, social and economic consequences. Natural hazard impacts are becoming fiercer, more extensive and more frequent.

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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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Tsunami Threat in the Pacific NW

Disaster Zone Podcast

One significant natural hazard risk that the West Coast of the United States has comes from tsunamis. The guest for this podcast is Elyssa Tappero, Outer Coast Tsunami Program Coordinator for the Washington State Emergency Management Division. This is the website mentioned in the podcast: mil.wa.gov/alerts.

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Building for Disaster Resilience

Disaster Zone Podcast

Building for disaster resilience requires a concerted effort to build disaster resilient buildings with new building materials and siting buildings in the right location to limit the impact of natural hazards. Dynamis , a leading provider of information management software and security solutions, is a sponsor of this podcast.