Resumen Ejecutivo – Análisis Comparativo de Herramientas de Análisis de Medios de Comunicación Social para la Preparación para Desastres

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...

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. 

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...