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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

It should be noted that sub-fields of disaster studies may require their own classifications. The next question is where to draw the boundaries in the study of disasters and practice of disaster risk reduction. There is also a link between pandemics and the 'intentional disaster' of bioterrorism (Trufanov et al.

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The Primacy of Social Capital for Community Resilience

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Magis ( 2010 ) similarly defines it as “the existence, development and engagement of community resources by community members to thrive in an environment characterized by change, uncertainty, unpredictability and surprise” (p.

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Building resilience: Using technology to prepare for, respond to, and recover from the unexpected

AWS Public Sector Blog

AWS also backs researchers through the Network of Earth Observation Laboratories for Disaster Risk Reduction (RedLABOT). RedLABOT was developed in collaboration with NASA Disaster Response Latin America, Esri , and AmeriGeo to address the gaps and challenges in disaster risk reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean.