Despite the evident advantages that being prepared for natural life-threatening events
confers on people and communities, research has consistently found that individual …

Disasters create an urgent need for people to deal with novel emergent problems. To
respond effectively, people require information (about the event, support resources, actions …

Summary Taylor, Johnston, and Ryan outline a community‐centered approach to natural
hazard crisis communication that challenges historical legacies of command and control to …

The growing need for people to be able to respond in timely and effective ways to the
challenges posed by natural hazard events has highlighted the need for their preparation in …

W hen selves disaster having strikes, to deal societies with demands and their that members
differ considerably suddenly find from themanything they would encounter under normal …

This chapter discusses how readiness contributes to developing community resilience. It
does so from the perspective of understanding how people interpret risk, make disaster risk …

This chapter discusses the need to view wildfire risk management as an activity that is
embedded in the relationships that exist between people and forest environments. It outlines …

With disasters increasing in both frequency and intensity, this timely Advanced Introduction
provides a fresh perspective on how the concepts established in the Sendai Framework can …

This paper discusses whether Community Engagement Theory (CET) could be augmented
in ways that afford opportunities to develop a framework for understanding how emergent …

On the 24th of April 2023, the disaster sector lost one of its most influential leaders:
Professor Douglas Paton. After “walking the talk” in the face of adversity right to the end, and …