The study explored the conduct of a service learning (SL) activity by senior high school students (N=110) in disseminating information about Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction (DRRR) to community participants (N=139). Senior high school students from a public sector senior hi...
The Effectiveness of Problem Based Learning in Biology with Fishbone Diagram on Critical Thinking Skill of Senior High School Students This research aims at investigating the effectiveness of Problem Based Learning with Fishbone Diagram on the students' critical thinking skill in the Biolo... A. A...
support-based aspects. Teachers provided: (1) psychoeducational support (i.e. supporting students’ well-being and educational continuity, including encouraging their return to school) and (2) practical support (i.e. assisting administrative roles, aid distribution and disaster risk reduction). Within...
FEMA, which is the most well-known organization among the various organizations of the DHS, is responsible for various tasks that include the disaster risk reduction at all levels, the reduction of property loss through various risk-based emergency management programs for the preparation, response, ...
This Tp of above a year permits to perform some of the measures, in a more organized manner and with a much lesser risk of eventual panic. Adaptation of such an approach requires, paraphrasing Dennis Pluchinsky, a senior intelligence analyst with the Diplomatic Security Service in the US ...
Reaching women in socially-conservative areas, like Afghanistan, can be an incredible challenge, as you navigate a culture that does not want women in public and is easily angered if they perceive an attack on their religion. And just because local senior staff are singing the praises of gender...
Dr Simon Watson is a Senior Lecturer in Robotic Systems in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester. He obtained his MEng in Mechatronic Engineering in 2008 and his PhD in 2012, both from the University of Manchester. His research focus is on mobile ...
Abstract The recently adopted United Nations’ Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 has a much greater emphasis on science compared with other global policy frameworks. It builds on the idea that science and evidence are essential for effective policy-making to improve lives, livelih...
which delivers training courses for senior and middle civil servants, senior executives and policy research fellows, carries out researches, provides consultations and serves as a platform for international exchanges and cooperation. Capacit...
Adapted from: UNISDR and PwC, Working Together to Reduce Disaster Risk, 2013. "A New Framework for Disaster Reduction," by Carlos Castillo, Lauren Cook, and Oz Ozturk, Resilience (a PwC journal), February 2013. 1 Mark Cooper, Senior Director, Global Emergency Management, Wal-Mart Stores...