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This seismic risk profile of Montserrat, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

Sustainable post-disaster recovery implies learning from past experience in order to prevent recreating forms of vulnerability. Memory construction supports both the healing process and redevelopment plans. Hence, memory of disaster results from the

This article seeks to understand the interactions that contribute to volcanic risk during eruptions. It looks at social outcomes from eruptive activity,framed as impacts on wellbeing and access to livelihood security.

Volcanic ash is an excellent archetype of an ‘extensive hazard’. Ash fall occurs frequently and intermittently during volcanic eruptions, and populations in close proximity to persistently-active volcanoes report ash impacts and distribution that have

This document charts the initial formation of Hurricane Irma in the Atlantic Ocean in late August 2017 and tracks its development as the storm moved towards the Caribbean in September. 

It presents the exposed values for the affected countries, including

This paper focuses on the relationship between the local Montserratian government and the UK government after the volcanic eruption in Montserrat in 1995 to illustrate how disaster risk governance is concerned with how institutions change in response to

This report contains a synopsis of volcanism from a hazard and risk perspective and highlights the wide range of hazards posed by volcanoes and describes their diverse impacts on communities. This technical report complements a shorter summary background

This report contains a synopsis of volcanism from a hazard and risk perspective and highlights the wide range of hazards posed by volcanoes and describes their diverse impacts on communities This summary report complements a longer technical background

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