A hybrid federal-state partnership could yield more efficient and effective disaster governance without sacrificing equity ...

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.

Far from simply a source of unstructured online content, disaster management in the digital age can be supported by careful ...

This article examines the significance of establishing a legal foundation for maintaining balance in emergency management, emphasizing the importance of legal and risk management systems in disaster ...

Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the ...

Social media data are increasingly being analysed to support disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. A new ...

Keio University and the International University of Rabat (UIR) successfully concluded an eight-day academic exchange under the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)-funded Sakura Science Exchange ...

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the ASEAN Secretariat have teamed up to launch a three-year disaster risk management plan that aims to strengthen the financial ...

In Colombia, World Bank support helped extend social protection to approximately 340,000 households and supported the incorporation of disaster risk management into new construction, renovation, or ...

Panama has instituted critical reforms to improve its technical and institutional capacity to manage the disaster risk resulting from natural and health-related hazards. The reforms allowed for a ...