The importance of emergency and disaster management, preparedness, and planning
(EDMPP) is ever increasing with COVID-19 being one recent EDMPP challenge. EDMPP is …

An individual's socio-economic status can increase their vulnerability to, and ability to
prepare for and recover in the aftermath of a disaster. People from low socio-economic …

Coastal areas are expected to be at a higher risk of flooding when climate change-induced
sea-level rise (SLR) is combined with episodic rises in sea level. Flood susceptibility …

Modern societies are increasingly a melting pot of people from different cultural and
linguistic backgrounds which needs to be taken into consideration in disaster planning …

Governments are increasingly trying to ensure that communities are resilient to the effects of
climate change and encourage community empowerment and autonomy. Local resilience …

Persons with disabilities (PwDs) face a disproportionately high risk due to their physical or
mental limitations and socioeconomic barriers during emergencies. To better understand …

Disaster risk events always have impacts on disaster losses in terms of the sustainability.
The phenomena of natural hazards continue to threaten the social and economic livelihoods …

Bushfires are a common occurrence and are an inevitable natural event in many regions of
Australia in most years. Despite the dangers of such bushfires to nearby properties and …

Fifteen percent of the global population live with some form of disability with refugees,
migrants, indigenous peoples and prisoners with disabilities facing particular challenges …

Poverty and discrimination compound vulnerability to disasters. Yet, people who experience
these are some of the least involved groups in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) dialogue and …