A disaster recovery plan covers all the steps necessary to enable a business to return to normal operation in the event of a disaster or incident such as a flood, fire or major information system ...

Climate change and environmental degradation are worsening the impacts of disasters on vulnerable people – making it vital that environmental and humanitarian organizations work more closely together, ...

Professor Lee Miles received funding from the UK's Global Research Challenges Fund (GCRF) under the auspices of Driving African Capacity-Building in Disaster Management (AFRICAB) Research Project, ...

Susann Baez Ullberg is Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Management Research and Training at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden.Jeroen Warner is Associate Professor at Wageningen ...

The countries of the Central American region and the Dominican Republic are highly vulnerable and exposed to all types of natural hazards, which have intensified due to the effects of climate change.

Efficient collaboration between civilian agencies, humanitarian groups and the security forces can make disaster responsemore effective. But while the military has a strong control and command culture ...

In developing countries, the impact of significant events such as earthquakes, extreme weather, terrorist attacks, cyber incidents, or health emergencies can be more pronounced given the lack of ...

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In the aftermath of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power disaster (known as 3.11), Japan’s overwhelmed bureaucrats realised that disaster management planning had to change. In a ...

T he tornado that killed dozens of people on the night of 31 March highlighted Nepal’s vulnerability to disasters. It proved that Nepal has to be prepared not just for the deadly calamities we know ...

Disaster response teams ought to be formed and established in all schools in the Davao Region to minimize chaos, manage people’s responses and avoid disasters and calamities to happen during natural ...