Disasters Avoided Newsletter #8 focuses on the urban world of #cities and #towns
https://mailchi.mp/a43be29272f5/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
Urban 2.0 Newsletter #2 focuses on urban resilience and how to avoid disasters
https://mailchi.mp/6d7cfaa1e35f/the-urban-2-zero-newsletter
#Urbanisation #Urbanization #UrbanStudies #urban #city #town #UrbanLife #DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters
#DisasterRiskReduction
New Book: "Understanding and Addressing #DisasterRisk"
Free PDF from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003292814 with thanks to UCL Open Access.
And a reminder of the free PDF book published in February:
"Development and Disasters: Natural hazards and vulnerability reduction" (2nd ed.).
https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/development-and-disasters with thanks to UCL Open Access.
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement
Just-published #PhotoEssay:
"Working #equids supporting women's #DisasterRiskManagement"
https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-04-2025-431
A collaboration between Brooke - Action for Working #Horses and #Donkeys and University College London.
Previous #DisasterResearch photo essays:
1. https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2024.2395798
2. https://doi.org/10.24564/0002019687 (scroll down for the PDF).
3. https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2023.v4si106
#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #GenderDisaster #DisasterGender #Mules #WorkingAnimals #AnimalsDisasters #DisastersAnimals
Thrilled to share our latest publication "Visualizing uncertainties in landslide susceptibility modelling using bivariate mapping" https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/25/1425/2025/
What’s inside:
✅ A new way to jointly visualize susceptibility & uncertainty in landslide prediction
✅ Practical, open-source tools for implementation in R and QGIS
Loved the interdisciplinarity of this project
#DisasterRiskReduction #Landslides #QGIS #RStats #GISChat #UncertaintyVisualization #NaturalHazards
Two new blogs:
1. "#Disasters that never happened: 6 preventive actions" https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/disasters-never-happened-6-preventive-actions
2. "Mental Health #FirstAid for #Bangladesh"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202504/mental-health-first-aid-in-bangladesh-10-years-of-progress
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #Health #MentalHealth #MHFA #MentalHealthAwareness #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #vulnerability #resilience
Disasters Avoided Newsletter #7
Focus on Non-Governmental Organisations (#NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (#CSOs)
https://mailchi.mp/9e31722a66e3/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter-14190206
#DisastersAvoided
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters
A special issue of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science has just been published on "The Sendai Framework Celebrates Its 10th Birthday" https://link.springer.com/journal/13753/volumes-and-issues/16-1 with the video from Tuesday's launch event at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/events/2025/mar/rdr-monthly-event-gender-disaster-and-sendai-framework-decade-progress
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters
New book:
"Development and Disasters: Natural hazards and vulnerability reduction" (2nd ed.) by J. Lewis and I. Kelman.
Free PDF download https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/development-and-disasters thanks to UCL Open Access.
Practical Action Publishing.
#OpenAccess #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #development #hazards #NaturalHazards #vulnerability #resilience
Real-time data is improving #DisasterRiskReduction. By providing timely insights, it enables faster decision-making, better resource allocation, and improved preparedness. In a time of climate uncertainty, data saves lives. 🌍 #RealTimeData #ClimateAction #DRR
#DRR #RealTimeData #DisasterPreparedness #EmergencyResponce #ClimateAction
Gender, Disaster, and the Sendai Framework: A Decade of Progress?
18 March 2025, 1830-2100.
At University College London, UK, in-person only, recorded for YouTube.
Programme and registration https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/events/2025/mar/gender-disaster-and-sendai-framework-decade-progress
#GenderDisaster #DisasterGender #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisasterPrevention
Study for a disaster Master's degree at University College London, UK.
See https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/study/masters-programmes for applications and funding for:
-MSc Risk, Disaster and Resilience.
-MSc Risk and Disaster Science.
-MRes Risk and Disaster Reduction.
Deadlines: Non-UK 4 April and UK 29 August.
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters
Job opportunity:
Lecturer (Teaching) in Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=31863
Full-time, permanent contract
Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, UK
Closing date 28 February 2025
#DRR #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #ScienceJobs #Humanitarianism #CrisisManagement #HumanitarianOperations #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement
"Ein übersehenes #Risiko: #Hitze gefährdet die #psychische #Gesundheit"
https://www.boell.de/de/2025/01/21/ein-uebersehenes-risiko-hitze-gefaehrdet-die-psychische-gesundheit
Thanks to the Bosch Alumni Network.
With Beatrice Ellerhoff , Dr. Kathrin Zangerl , Steffen Lohrey , Dr. Maximilian Jungmann
"#Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68680-5
#HeatWaves #humidity #Health #MentalHealth #DRR #ClimateChange #DisasterRiskReduction
"Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68680-5
The #German translation of "Disaster by Choice" https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disaster-by-choice-9780198841357
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #Katastrophen
#MoreThanHuman #risk #anthropology: #cetaceans beach https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550416000252 while:
1. #Ostriches do not bury their heads https://doi.org/10.1080/00359199509520346
2. #Lemmings do not complete mass suicide https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtu015
3. #Elephants likely forget https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-024-00655-y
4. #Frogs will not boil alive in slowly-heated water https://doi.org/10.1086/physzool.41.4.30155478 (or https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/12/07/3085614.htm )
Any others?
#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #Animals #AnimalsInDisasters
"Researching equids and disaster risk management"
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/researching-equids-disaster-risk-management-the-brooke-u4ahe
With @Brooke and @gemma
#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #Equids #Horses #Donkeys #Mules #Animals #AnimalsInDisasters
As the world's attention still focuses on #CaliforniaWildfires #LAWildfires #LosAngelesWildfires, other places currently face similar hazards:
1. #Thailand https://asianews.network/forest-fires-continue-in-thailands-suphan-buri-and-chon-buri/
2. #Patagonia #Argentina https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/hundreds-of-homes-evacuated-as-patagonia-fires-spread.phtml
3. #Australia https://quillette.com/2025/01/16/fighting-fire-with-fire
#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #Bushfires #Wildfires #fires
I would not at all assume any of the Government online systems to be operational in a large scale disaster.
Ensuring that #animals are not neglected in the #California #fires:
1. https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/how-to-get-help-finding-pets-lost-in-la-fires
2. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/la-fire-rescue-animals-horses-b2678073.html
3. https://www.kqed.org/news/12021819/animal-rescue-operations-jump-into-action-during-la-fires
A framework https://www.doi.org/10.47389/36.3.57
#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement
#LAFires #CaliforniaFires #LAWildfires #CaliforniaWildfires #AnimalsInDisasters
Experiences of people without housing in the #California #fires:
1. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/los-angeles-fires-unhoused-homelessness-crisis
2. https://www.marketplace.org/2025/01/10/los-angeles-wildfires-homeless-residents
#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #homeless #homelessness
#LAFires #CaliforniaFires #LAWildfires #CaliforniaWildfires
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