WASHINGTON ― There is an urgent need to reimagine disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery strategies in the U.S., as intensifying climate and weather hazards cause successive and compounding ...

If the past few years have taught us anything, expect the unexpected. That unpredictability extends to events and reminds us that effective risk management is an often unspoken key to success. Whether ...

Following on the success of Landesman's original Public Health Management of Disasters is the 2nd edition of The Practice Guide. The book provides 13 chapters and 20 appendices chock-full of useful ...

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.

In the past two decades, disasters have left a devastating impact, claiming over a million lives and causing nearly US$3 trillion in global economic losses, according to the United Nations Office for ...