Can Online Tools Help Employees Build Resilience?
Zurich recognized for ‘outstanding’ disaster review program Zurich Insurance has been recognized with an Outstanding Achievement Award from the 2019 National Hurricane Conference. The insurer earned the award for its … Continue reading
Building resilience in the face of disaster
Thousands Evacuated in Northern California Ahead of Worst Flooding in More Than 20 Years Around 4,000 people were ordered to evacuate from a town about 60 miles north of … Continue reading
Building Resilience
Fourteen years on – what did we learn from the Boxing Day tsunami? As the death toll from the latest Indonesian tsunami hits 400 and rescuers desperately search through rubble … Continue reading
13 Things You Never Knew About Earthquakes
Post Quake Farming Group focuses on resilience Resilience means being prepared. The Post Quake Farming Group hosted the first in a series of ”future-ready farm business” workshops with resilience consultant … Continue reading
The Secrets of Resilience
How to become cyber resilient Despite threats from targeted cybersecurity attacks doubling, companies are showing they can perform better under greater pressure. In fact, if they continue on the same … Continue reading
For better resiliency, don’t just try to defeat nature—work with it
Natural disaster forecasting to be mapped Decision No 705, signed on June 7 by Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, approved the natural disaster forecasting programme to assess, map and … Continue reading
Record Heat Means Hurricanes Gain Ferocity Faster
Building regulation for resilience: converting disaster experience into a safer built environment – the case of Japan This report describes Japan’s incremental approach to developing, implementing, and facilitating compliance with … Continue reading
How Disaster Relief Efforts Could Be Improved with Game Theory
The world’s most resilient countries rely on great infrastructure Hurricanes devastated businesses and supply chains in the eastern part of the U.S. last year, but the region’s strong resilience score … Continue reading
How Entrepreneurship Is Helping to Save Puerto Rico
Ten principles for building resilient regions The Urban Land Institute’s (ULI’s) Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance has released a report outlining ten fundamental principles for building resilient regions that … Continue reading
A Year for Building Resilience as Uncertainty Persists
3 ways to protect your pets when disaster strikes While you can’t always avoid the devastation wrought by wildfires and other natural disasters, they say there are at least three steps pet owners … Continue reading
Building your resilience and understanding your purpose
Welcome to the era of monster hurricanes It’s not just this year. The monster Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, Jose and Lee that have raged across the Atlantic are contributing to what … Continue reading
To build resilience, include long-term foresight in strategy planning process
To build resilience, include long-term foresight in strategy planning process An obsession with short-term goals, and a dependency on the interpretation of short-term signals, are preventing many businesses from planning … Continue reading
Resilience: your 21st century suit of armour…and more
Shelter From the Storm: State of World Population 2015 Report Launch The sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls must be protected, even – especially – during … Continue reading
Building resilience…and more
Typhoon Koppu to batter Philippines for days, dumping up to 4 feet of rain Typhoon Koppu is barreling toward the island of Luzon in the Philippines, where it is forecast … Continue reading
World Resilience NEWS
Using the Lessons of Katrina to Rebuild Smarter After Disaster Patricia Woskowiak will gladly tell you the worst thing that happened to her home after Hurricane Sandy hit Howard Beach, … Continue reading
World Resilience NEWS
Hurricane drought in U.S. is ‘a matter of luck,’ new research says From water to your dating life, most droughts are tough. But in the case of major hurricanes, a … Continue reading
World Resilience NEWS
Heartbreaking images of historic sites in Nepal reduced to rubble A UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nepal’s capital city has been completely destroyed following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that … Continue reading
Resilience NEWS
Yesterday’s pain, today’s resilience Sept. 11, 2001, was a tragedy that forever changed our state and our country. We will never forget the pain of that day, the loved … Continue reading
Resilience NEWS
Building Resilience Today, I spend much of my time researching and discussing what makes cities resilient. One of the central questions of resilience is not just the ability to recover … Continue reading
Resilience NEWS
Vanuatu takes a lead in disaster warning in the Pacific Vanuatu is opening a National Warning Centre in Port Vila today, to help the Pacific Islands nations assess the threats … Continue reading
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Are migrants more resilient to disaster in Australia? Most Australians grow up with an awareness of the deadly impact floods, bushfires and cyclones can bring. But it’s a different story … Continue reading
