Climate change and environmental degradation are worsening the impacts of disasters on vulnerable people – making it vital that environmental and humanitarian organizations work more closely together, ...

The countries of the Central American region and the Dominican Republic are highly vulnerable and exposed to all types of natural hazards, which have intensified due to the effects of climate change.

I have had the opportunity to contribute chapters to textbooks written on a variety of topics. While I’m not an academic, I have had practical experience in various subjects that are of importance to ...

How could better application of information technology (IT) to disaster management reduce the human and economic costs of catastrophic events? This chapter outlines a vision for IT-enhanced disaster ...

Susann Baez Ullberg is Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Management Research and Training at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden.Jeroen Warner is Associate Professor at Wageningen ...

Intervention to address disasters has evolved through time into a complex policy subsystem, and disaster policy is implemented through a set of functions known as emergency management and response.

Sierra Leone is prone to climate-related disasters like fires, water shortages, floods and mudslides. It has also seen serious disease outbreaks like Ebola and COVID-19. On the World Risk Index 2021, ...

Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honored to participate in this important National Conference on Disaster Risk Management. First of all, I would like to acknowledge and congratulate ...

T he tornado that killed dozens of people on the night of 31 March highlighted Nepal’s vulnerability to disasters. It proved that Nepal has to be prepared not just for the deadly calamities we know ...

In the face of increasing disasters, experts demand urgent reforms in South Africa's emergency procurement to enhance ...