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Informal Disaster Governance

Politics and Governance, 2020
Scholars and practitioners are increasingly questioning formal disaster governance (FDG) approaches as being too rigid, slow, and command-and-control driven. Too often, local realities and non-formal influences are sidelined or ignored to the extent that
Patrizia Isabelle Duda, Ilan Kelman, Navonel Glick   +2 more
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Cascading disasters triggered by tsunami hazards: A perspective for critical infrastructure resilience and disaster risk reduction

, 2021
Although many studies have investigated relationships between tsunami characteristics and the impact on physical property and infrastructure, such information cannot explain how the damage to each object or type of infrastructure can trigger failures of ...
A. Suppasri, E. Maly, M. Kitamura, Syamsidik, G. Pescaroli, David Alexander, F. Imamura   +6 more
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Alternatives for Sustained Disaster Risk Reduction [PDF]

Human Geography, 2010
The daily media is filled with images of catastrophic events which seem increasingly frequent and violent. In parallel there are a large range of scientific studies, debates in the policy arena, and a growing number of international institutions focused on disaster reduction. But a paradox remains that despite advances in technology, disasters continue
Gaillard, Jean-Christophe, Ben, Wisner, Djillali, Benouar, Terry, Cannon, Creton, Laurence, Dekens, Julie, Maureen, Fordham, Gilbert, Claude, Kenneth, Hewitt, Ilan, Kelman, Allan, Lavell, Morin, Julie, Abdoulaye, N'Diaye, Phil, O'Keefe, Anthony, Oliver-Smith, Cecile, Quesada, Revet, Sandrine, Karen, Sudmeier-Rieux, Pauline, Texier, Vallette, Cloé   +19 more
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The need to integrate flood and drought disaster risk reduction strategies

Water Security, 2020
Most research on hydrological risks focuses either on flood risk or drought risk, whilst floods and droughts are two extremes of the same hydrological cycle.
P. Ward, M. D. Ruiter, J. Mård, K. Schröter, A. V. Loon, T. Veldkamp, N. Uexkull, N. Wanders, A. Aghakouchak, K. Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Lucinda Capewell, M. Llasat, Rosie Day, B. Dewals, G. Baldassarre, L. Huning, H. Kreibich, M. Mazzoleni, Elisabetta Savelli, C. Teutschbein, H. Berg, A. V. Heijden, J. M. Vincken, M. Waterloo, M. Wens   +24 more
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Local governance in disaster risk reduction in Cameroon

Jàmbá, 2012
At the 2005 World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Hyogo, Japan, 168 countries including Cameroon adopted the Hyogo Framework for Action, committing to take action to reduce human and socio-economic disaster losses.
Buh-Wung Gaston, Aka F. Tongwa, Clementine Burnley, Zouh T. Isabella   +3 more
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Systemic risks perspectives of Eyjafjallajökull volcano's 2010 eruption

Progress in Disaster Science, 2023
In 2010, southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted, releasing ash that spread across Europe. Due to its potential to damage aircraft, much of European airspace was closed for six days.
Ilan Kelman, David Alexander, Carina Fearnley, Susanna Jenkins, Peter Sammonds   +4 more
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Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: Achievements, Gaps, and Future Directions

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Bringing together global efforts to enhance the implementation of warnings in managing vulnerabilities, hazards, risks, and disasters is essential to saving lives and for long-term vulnerability reduction.
Maryam Rokhideh, Carina J. Fearnley, M. Budimir   +2 more
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Inclusive disaster risk reduction education for Indonesian children

International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2022
Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have a profoundly higher risk of death or injury than their peers when natural disasters occur.
K. Sheehy, Petra Vacková, S. Van Manen, S. Saragih Turnip, Khofidotur Rofiah, A. Twiner   +5 more
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Disaster Risk Reduction for All?

, 2021
When designing digital services for citizens in a disaster situation, the diversity of its audience and their particular needs are not always sufficiently taken into account. Variables like digital equipment available, environment, disabilities, socio-economic status, etc., play a significant role in people’s ability to access and exchange important ...
Cristina Paupini, Terje Gjøsæter
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Disaster risk reduction and interdisciplinary education and training

, 2021
Natural and technological disasters and health emergencies are increasingly causing human and economic losses and disruptions. Disaster risk reduction can be effectively achieved only through a comprehensive approach aimed at connecting and integrating ...
E. Righi, P. Lauriola, A. Ghinoi, E. Giovannetti, M. Soldati   +4 more
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