Malavika Rao, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
India had the legal ability to classify migrant workers as internally displaced and offer them protection, but instead they were marooned and left to the mercy of fate.
Researchers are using mixed reality technologies to investigate how people behave in in emergency situations. The findings are helping shape disaster responses.
Flood-related stress can have a negative impact on pregnant mothers and their unborn babies. But our research found there are many strategies that can limit the harm.
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in increased adoption of communication and network technologies.
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Internet technologies and the devices that enable information access and transfer are useful in crisis management. Accessing these readily available digital technologies can help community resiliency.
Prisoners clearing vegetation to prevent the spread of a wildfire in Yucaipa, California.
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Relying on incarcerated workers in emergencies such as the wildfires ravaging parts of the US is a cheap alternative for states. But what protections are there for prisoners?
South Louisiana before the arrival of Hurricane Laura.
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Australian emergency services are using social media for a number of purposes during disasters. What they are not doing well is analysing social media data in real time to improve disaster management.
Soldiers escort a homeless woman to a gathering point in the Johannesburg CBD during the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown.
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Australia can learn from how India used community hubs to bridge the gap between government and local communities in the challenging years of reconstruction.
The consequences of underinsurance aren’t just personal. They potentially harm local communities permanently, as those unable to rebuild move away.
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The convergence of technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence and virtual reality may offer hope for the way we manage future bushfire disasters.
A firefighter walks along a containment line while battling a 2018 wildfire in Redding, California.
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Most of the time, these operations were not urgent – unlike the one following this disaster that summoned some 600,000 people to the site of the worst nuclear accident of all time.
Lahaina, Hawaii, was a wasteland of burned-out homes and obliterated communities after wildfires ripped through the town.
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David Campbell, Binghamton University, State University of New York
After a hurricane strikes or an earthquake makes shockwaves, try to support nonprofits that are clear about what they do and how they will spend your money.
People’s relationships with their pets impact wellness and health in perhaps surprising ways.
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