Engineers know how and where to build to minimize earthquake damage. But laws don't always reflect that wisdom. A new study suggests it's because of a mismatch between risk perceptions and reality.
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Articles on Disaster relief
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Disaster information needs to come from all sections of a community at risk, and we need to leave nobody marginalised.
Women in disaster zones are frequently targeted by sexual predators who take advantage of their vulnerability.
Thousands of lives have been saved thanks to an Indian state's effective disaster-relief planning.
Donald Trump has threatened to use funds allocated for disaster relief to fund his border wall. It's time to rethink how we frame disasters to stop politicians from using them for political gain.
The billions of dollars worth of aid dispatched every year to alleviate the suffering and damage after earthquakes and hurricanes would do more good if it didn't get clumped up.
Thousands died after Hurricane Maria, but it did not have to be that way. Early evidence should have led the government to a much stronger response.
If you would like to assist from afar, let the professionals procure goods and services.
Warning Syrians of approaching airstrikes via social media is helping save lives.
Guatemala has ended its Fuego volcano rescue mission and declared 110 dead. But people in the hot, ash-covered eruption zone say that the real death tally is much higher and that they'll keep digging.
Corruption has made hurricane Caribbean countries' recovery less efficient and more expensive, new research shows. Misuse of funds may also trigger more disaster-related deaths.
The 2018 hurricane season starts on June 1, with some communities still recovering from 2017 storms. Scholars offer insights about where the risks lie and who is most vulnerable during and after hurricanes.
Australia faces many security issues driven by climate change, including more international migration and an increase in defence personnel being sent on disaster relief missions, a Senate inquiry has found.
Madagascar gets hit by an average of four cyclones each year but their full impact is still being tracked.
Compared to its foreign disaster missions, the US military mobilized slowly after Maria. But in numbers, capacity and logistics coordination, its work in Puerto Rico was on par with other aid efforts.
Shocking allegations of abuse by Oxfam aid workers in Haiti are testament to how badly the aid sector needs deep, systemic reform.
Charitable giving and government aid can shortchange disasters that follow other disasters.
It's hard but feasible to make a difference, as long as you work with the locals and don't become a 'disaster tourist.'
Two hurricanes in Puerto Rico's past fundamentally transformed the island's economy and politics. Maria will be the third, says a historian.
Evidence shows that US taxpayers are less willing to support extensive disaster relief when the victims are not white. Could that explain the Trump administration's lackluster support for Puerto Rico?
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Researcher in international law and humanitarian response, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), Harvard University
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Associate Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Senior Lecturer in Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of Wollongong
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John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, University of Texas at Austin
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Senior Research Fellow, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
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Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
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Adjunct Professor, Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Director, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Media and Digital Society, University of Sheffield
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PhD Candidate, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Law, Griffith University
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University Lecturer in International Relations, University of Nottingham
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Assistant Professor in Shipping and International Logistics, Heriot-Watt University
