BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) - Local government's preparedness during disasters remains a lingering issue in the Cordillera.This after the Intensity 6 earthquake at noon on Nov. 27 that shook Luzon including Baguio City, one of the most ravaged cities during the 1990 killer earthquake...
Disaster preparedness plans reduce future damages, but may lack testing to assess their effectiveness in operation. This study used the state-designed Local Government Unit Disaster Preparedness Journal: Checklist of Minimum Actions for Mayors in assessing the readiness to natural hazards of 92 profiled...
Local Government Performance and the Challenges of Regional Preparedness for Disastersdisastersemergency managementemergency responseregional coordinationAs is well known, most emergency incidents are managed by local governments. However, when an incident of disaster-scale occurs, the traditional model of ...
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The federal government's role in community disaster preparedness in the USA has historically been limited to assisting communities after a disaster has occurred. Recent years, however, have seen an increase in the complexity of disasters, making it more difficult to manage the response. Local organi...
Constant typhoons and floods have exposed the vulnerability of the disaster risk and reduction management of local government units and such untold miseries are an inescapable effect of ill-preparedness. While disaster cannot be prevented, measures can be taken to reduce the possibility of trouble. Da...
“two types of crisis: a process-oriented one developing over a period of time, and the other a sudden rupture developing within weeks, days, hours, or even minutes” (Farazmand1996). The first description of what constitutes a crisis has been applied generally to a local government ...
Not among the daily routine functions of a local government, disaster response is unlikely to define the type of governance characterizing a whole city or locale. The delivery of welfare services is more likely the defining function in this regard. Following this line of thought, the type of ...
After a record-breaking number ofbillion-dollar disastersstruck the U.S. in 2023, it’s crucial for state and local leaders to develop robust disaster preparedness strategies. In this on-demand webinar, a panel of experts—state and local officials, community leaders, and disaster recovery profes...
摘要: In Litigating Climate Change Adaptation, I argued that despite a general skepticism about tort law's ability to tackle climate change there is an important role关键词: climate change climate adaptation government duty disaster preparedness ...