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ResilienceSustainable developmentResilience has become a cornerstone for risk management and disaster reduction. However, it has evolved extensively both etymologically and conceptually in time and across scientific disciplines. The concept has been (re)shaped by the evolution of research and practice ...
As an interdisciplinary field, disaster studies examines the three types of disasters across various fields with the aim of reaching an “understanding that could benefit future generations in better understanding of key concepts such as hazard, disaster, vulnerability, risk and resilience and to create...
Resiliencediscourse Disasterriskmanagement Climatechange Self-reliance Sociallearning ABSTRACT Thereisagrowinguseofresilienceideaswithinthedisasterriskmanagementliteratureandpolicy domain. However, few empirical studies have focused on how resilience ideas are conceptualized by practitioners, as they implement them in...
comprehensive risk assessment and management across multiple hazard landscape. As such, disaster research is now faced with a multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholder challenge. Contributions to this series therefore address many varied and critical opportunities to advance the subject area. A cross-cutting ...
This chapter illustrates disaster and risk management. The disaster management includes hazard management and disaster issue management. Disaster risk management relies on the institution, policy, and scientific and technological progress for disaster re
Preparing to face the hazard is the major step in disaster management. Train ourselves in basic rescue and first aid functions and also help the survivors quickly, Retrofit the existing buildings, Use appropriate technology in building material and also adhere to norms in new constructions and ...
Microsoft's Cloud Operations and Innovations organization's Resilience function is governed by the Enterprise Business Continuity Management program and follows the Enterprise Policies and Standards. The program's performance is reviewed on a periodic basis by the Business Continuity Council, departmental ...
Urban disaster risks show multi-stage evolution and interconnected coupling features. Under time pressure, case-based reasoning (CBR) has emerged as a crit
Aspects of the theory of resilience are used in this paper to guide an understanding of the role teachers play in the post-disaster recovery of their students’ and the wider school community. According to the multisystem resilience framework, an individual’s capacity to function positively and ...