by Alice Rose | Dec 3, 2019 |
Over the past year, the Global South Academic Network and the Disaster and Emergency Resilience network have been working on building up global connections. The aim was for Scholars to be able to share their studies and projects from around the world and collaborate...
by Alice Rose | Oct 4, 2019 |
LIDAR, the light detection and ranging technology currently being developed and trialed in the Caribbean, is thought to be a huge step towards helping prepare Global South Countries for natural disasters. The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) are the first...
by Alice Rose | Aug 9, 2019 |
Fire safety regulations are one of the most important aspects of any building, including both places of work and residence. These are an essential system put in place to prevent fires, which are some of the most frequent and devastating disasters to occur. Taking a...
by Alice Rose | Jul 9, 2019 |
By Alice Hutchins Rio Claro, Armero, Manizales and Armenia are all small and vulnerable towns that lay around the base of Nevado del Ruiz, an active volcano that has thrown eruptions, floods, mud-slides and earthquakes upon the people of Columbia. Although there have...
by Alice Rose | Jun 7, 2019 |
DERN brings to light the research of Robinson, Pudlo, and Wehde, who aimed to study the use of technology and communication medias in relation to the 2016 Oklahoma Tornados. They analyze use of mixed media communications, including ‘word of mouth’, text messages,...
by Alice Rose | May 31, 2019 |
The Disaster and Emergency Resilience Network founder Gina Yanitell Reinhardt has recently collaborated with other academics to write an article in the Local Emergency Management special issue of Local Government Studies. Within this special issue of LGS, the...
