Social impacts and social resilience

This edition analyses the 2009 disaster figures based on the EM-DAT database, with comparisons to previous years, providing an evidence base to the international community on the burden of disease and related health issues due to disasters and conflicts

Conference chairs Professor Jean Palutikof and Dr Andrew Ash said the conference was the first to focus solely on practical adaptation measures. 'Adaptation is about preparing for climate change in order to minimise its impact on our natural, built and social environment' said Dr Ash...

Issue brief, winter 2010:

This paper analyses how destruction from major catastrophes significantly impacts the economic well‐being of residents, businesses, local governments and general taxpayers in the United States. It points ot the reasons why

'Hazards do not necessarily become disasters, it is the combination of hazards and the level of vulnerability that intensify the impacts of disasters,' said Dr Vincent Little, Coordinator of the Caribbean Technical Agenda of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)...

Haiti 2010 earthquake response: seismic, geological and building hazards:

This draft for consultation proposes a plan of action following the January 12th 2010 Haiti earthquake with the following objectives: (i) to reduce the vulnerability of nearly 3.0

The First Asian Film Festival on Disaster Risk Reduction is to be launched in Incheon city, Republic of Korea, in October this year. The festival will showcase short, documentary and fiction films made on the themes of disaster management, risk reduction and rehabilitation...

This briefing note describes how healthy ecosystems contribute positively to community and environmental resilience, acting as natural, dynamic barriers that can help protect people from natural hazards and the impacts of climate change. It gives some

This comprehensive national policy addresses the rationale for emergency planning for schools:
• National level school planning, preparedness, and emergency response and multi-sectoral representation in planning.
• School level emergency response and