In the first post of this series, we saw how various citizen-coordinated initiatives came into play during natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina or the Indian Ocean Tsunami, to help in the ...

The Joint Centre for Disaster Research (JCDR) provides a state-of-the-art, high-quality, graduate teaching and contemporary research programme to Aotearoa New Zealand and people worldwide. By doing so ...

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 ...

The disaster revealed important shortcomings in Haiti's overall national disaster risk management system. After the January 2010 earthquake, reducing vulnerability, improving emergency preparedness ...