A multibillion-dollar effort is just beginning to build an all-new nationwide wireless broadband network for emergency responders. How will it work, why do we need it and how will it last 25 years?
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Sometimes ‘stuff’ isn’t just stuff.
A new data management system can give emergency responders a fast lane on the internet to help speed rescue efforts after a disaster.
Understanding what parts of society are susceptible to natural hazards and why, is key for emergency services and risk managers.
Two years after the second earthquake rocked Nepal in 2015, the recovery efforts have been stalled by political instability and money mismanagement.
As climate change increases the frequency and severity of disasters in the near future, leveraging social media data, crowd-sourcing and other means of discovering the unknown will become crucial.
March 11 marks the anniversary of the Fukushima earthquake. Natural disasters here in the US also have wreaked havoc. There may be a way to improve response to these natural disasters.
Rebuilding small communities on the same site in the same way seldom works. It’s not about getting back to where you were, but rather grasping the opportunity to create a more resilient place.
Six years after a catastrophic earthquake, Haiti has to recover from yet another disaster. Getting it right will be a herculean task.
Tents and food parcels are one thing, ready-built accommodation is another.
Improvised rescues, such as boat owners saving people in flooded Louisiana, have become an integral part of federal and state disaster response efforts.
The solution to emergency communications: redundancy, redundancy, redundancy.
Calls to stop division between emergency and development aid will be heard at UN’s first ever humanitarian summit.
Giving cash directly to the needy is a growing trend, but in most cases it’s not nearly as effective funneling donations through a charity with ‘boots on the ground.’
Since the last earthquake in the region in 2005, we have got much better at recovering from disaster.
Ten years ago, a devastating earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in Pakistan. How has the devastated town of Balakot recovered?
Assam state suffers from severe flooding every few years but authorities still aren’t prepared.
Papua New Guinea is now facing a drought and frosts that look set to be worse than 1997, when hundreds of people died. So how can memories of 1997 save lives over the next few months?
This Sunday marks 100 days since Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu, with ceremonies in villages across the nation to mourn the 11 people who died. Meanwhile, islands left brown in the aftermath are green again.
When disaster strikes, billions of dollars are spent on food and supplies, with little accounting of whether relief groups bought the right things or what impact they had.
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Furman Public Policy Scholar, New York University
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst
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Director, Program on Resilient Communities, Harvard University
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Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University
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PhD candidate in African & African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
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Principal Investigator FiRES Project (SNSF Consolidator Grant), ETH Zürich, Switzerland // Honorary Associate Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia.
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Hartford
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, ETH Zurich
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technologies, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Information Sciences and Technologies, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of South Florida
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Professor of Anthropology, University at Albany, State University of New York