Book Launch. Probabilistic Modeling for Disaster Risk Management. The Case of Bogota, Colombia. Monday, October 21 st, 2013, Los Andes University, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Building, Calle 21 # 1-20 ...

Here is the new review that is posted on Recovery Diva’s blog. Yes, I am a co-author and editor of the book, but it is nice to see a good review of the work we did on the publication. Editors ...

FEMA provides aid after natural disasters, but it’s not meant to replace your home insurance plan, especially as the agency ...

Applied Analytics professor Siddhartha Dalal discusses the impacts of applied technologies on real-life risk management.

Editor’s Note: Former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Pete Gaynor also served as former acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He currently serves as ...

Today, more than half of memory institutions worldwide lack a comprehensive Disaster Risk Management (DRM) plan. This concerning situation is often due to a persisting gap in skills and resources. The ...

Disaster risk management and the turf war. Nuclear weapons and climate change are two intertwined existential threats to the globe. Durdana Najam September 15, 2022. facebook twitter whatsup ...

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. The Disaster Risk Reduction Bill, which was actively pushed by the Philippine Consortium on Good Local Governance (PCGLG), the Disaster Risk Reduction Network among ...

In 2020-2021, UNESCO implemented a pilot project in the Philippines and Honduras in collaboration with local communities, disaster specialists, national authorities and civil society representatives ...

In terms of financing, there has been a decline from Shs4.55 billion in FY2019/20 to Shs4.23 billion in FY2020/21 in the budget allocation to the disaster preparedness and refugees management sub ...

A study reviewing the state of the disaster workforce published in the Journal of Emergency Management in 2021 found that half of the respondents felt burned out or overextended (at high risk of ...