In this paper, we do a critical review of statistical methods for landslide susceptibility
modelling and associated terrain zonations. Landslide susceptibility is the likelihood of a …

This paper reviews key findings and raises issues that are not fully addressed by the
predominant disaster recovery literature. Achievement of equity, mitigation and sustainable …

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not
wreak their damage equally across populations, and every disaster has social dimensions at …

Disasters like earthquakes are known as focusing events--sudden calamities that cause
both citizens and policymakers to pay more attention to a public problem and often to press …

The policy literature often mentions the agenda-setting influence of focusing events, but few
policy studies systematically examine the dynamics of these events. This article closes this …

Facing the Unexpected presents the wealth of information derived from disasters around the
world over the past 25 years. The authors explore how these findings can improve disaster …

In the wake of severe climatic events and terrorist acts, and the emergence of dangerous
technologies, communities, nations, and global organizations have diligently sought to …

Even before the wreckage of a disaster is cleared, one question is foremost in the minds of
the public:" What can be done to prevent this from happening again?" Today, news media …

9/11. Tornadoes. Emergency preparedness. Whether explaining parts per million to a
community exposed to contaminated groundwater or launching a campaign to encourage …

Plans that are, as the cliché goes,“dead on arrival” and languish on local government
shelves long have contributed to skepticism about the value of comprehensive plans. In this …