Case Study 2: Ormoc City, The Philippines This study aims to propose the methods of using scientific knowledge for activities in disaster risk reduction (DRR). Developing countries often face difficulties operating and maintaining (O&M) DRR facilities because of limited budget and capacity. The fac...
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decision-makers, practitioners, and communities acknowledge the complexity and unpredictability of disasters, making disaster risk reduction efforts increasingly crucial. The role of information technology (IT) in mitigating disaster risks is more critical than ever, providing ...
Game of Floods and FloodSim, are predominantly focused on long-term planning for risk reduction. The Game of Floods is a clear example of a prevention/mitigation-focused game. It is a face-to-face participatory activity in which participants are tasked with developing a long-term vision for ...
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)aims to reduce the damage caused by natural hazards like earthquakes, floods, droughts, and cyclones, through the ethic of prevention.2 2. Disaster Risk Management (DRM)includes management activities that address and seek to correct or reduce disaster risks that are al...
The notion of radical change or transformation has become common in the discourse of climate change and disaster risk reduction. For example, Tschakert et al. (2013) provide an account of iterative decision-making, action and reflection that they believe has the potential for such structural change...
A World War II-era poster, with an apparent caricature of Mussolini, to help U.S. troops identify mustard gas, a weapon named for its unpleasant odor.Otis Historical Archives / National Museum of Health and Medicine Several days later, patients with no previous respiratory problems became conges...
hospitals fully involved in assisting response; MACC is activated and actively working to help jurisdiction meet all critical care needs; formal request for extrastate assistance (federal and perhaps interstate); critical care patients remain at high risk for adverse events owing to resource limitations...
risk reduction; governance; housing rebuilding; post-disaster reconstruction; time compression; Hurricane Katrina; Christchurch earthquakes1. Introduction Disasters are seen as opportunities to rebuild physical, social, environmental and economic systems for a future more resilient to disasters [1]. The ...
Building Bottom-Up Health and Disaster Risk Reduction Programmes; Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, 2018. [Google Scholar] Tam, G.; Chan, E.Y.Y.; Liu, S. Planning of a Health Emergency Disaster Risk Management Programme for a Chinese Ethnic Minority Community. Int. J. Environ. Res. ...