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Adam Acar and Yuya Muraki from the Kobe City University of Foreign Studies Research recently completed a study of potential benefits social media websites, such as Twitter, can bring to people involved in disasters, reports EurekAlert...

'Political will and commitment at the highest level is critical on this issue. Experiences of the recent past have demonstrated that if we are prepared it is possible to mitigate effectively the impact of natural hazards. Let us learn from all the expensive and painful lessons and act with vigilance and resilience, not with complacency,' said ASG Ramdin...

Con el objetivo de analizar temas relacionados con la reducción del riesgo de desastres, el ministro del Ambiente de Paraguay, Óscar Rivas, participa junto con cerca de 300 expertos de más de 30 países y territorios de la región, de una reunión internacional en Nuevo Vallarta, estado mexicano de Nayarit...

'Protective Services, Safety, Health, Environment and Disaster' has been designed specifically to provide an interactive Safety and Hazard Management System for every local government unit and private organization...

'By the measure of self-help, the Japanese have already shown great signs of resilience, which benefits from good disaster preparedness,' writes Dr Sheri Fink, in a report for Time...

The recent devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan have exposed a problem with how multinational companies do business. The system they use to keep supplies rolling in is lean and cost-effective — yet vulnerable to sudden shocks, reports The Associated Press....

This article, from a UN OCHA Senior Adviser and Professor at ISPI School, dispels the resilient myth considering the devastating consequences of natural hazards as "acts of God" and explains the concept of modern Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Stating

This chart presents: (i) the scale of the natural radiation dose per year as well as the limit of radiation dose permitted for radiation workers, police, and fire fighters who engage in disaster prevention among other specialised workers; (ii) a map of