The 2014 World Disasters Report takes on a challenging theme that looks at different aspects of how culture affects disaster risk reduction (DRR) and how disasters and risk influence culture. The report asks, for example, what should be done when people blame a flood on an angry goddess (River Kosi, India, in 2008) […]
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This peer-reviewed journal article presents a computational framework for predicting and simulating population movements following large-scale natural disasters, developed through analysis of big and heterogeneous data from Japan. Using GPS records from 1.6 million anonymized users collected over three years, alongside earthquake intensity data, government declarations, news reports, and urban transportation network data, the authors
Advances our understanding of the complexities of motivating the public to prepare by examining trend data on personal preparedness behaviors and by providing findings on several new areas of analysis: Exploring the relationship between preparedness behaviors and individuals’ beliefs and experiences around disasters; Identifying profiles of the general public to assist practitioners in conducting more