23 Sep 2015
Recent research on automatic analysis of social media data during disasters has given insight into how to provide valuable and timely information to formal response agencies—and members of the public—in these safety-critical situations. For the m...
Tags: Research
06 Jun 2018
The author discusses a programme launched to enhance community resilience in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and outlines a unique method for measuring resilience capabilities.
Tags: Research, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
11 Jan 2023
Anticipatory action (AA) is a growing area of climate and disaster risk management that emphasizes the use of climate services and risk analyses to predict where crises might strike and enable action to prevent or mitigate impacts before disasters oc...
Tags: Research, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation