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This handbook outlines a broad framework and core processes that should be included in a comprehensive business continuity process.

This guide provides an overview of selected generally accepted practices and emerging new practices associated with managing disruptions and used variously within Australasia, USA and UK, which include: business continuity planning, disaster recovery planning, emergency management and business resilience, among others.

The executive guide to business continuity management (BCM) provides senior management with an overview of the key concepts and processes that are required to implement and maintain an integrated, robust business continuity management program.

ERIA Research Project Report 2011-08:

This report consists of the papers from ERIA’s research project on “Economic and Welfare Impacts of Disasters in East Asia and Policy Responses” in Fiscal Year 2011-12. It aims to improve our understanding on how the

This paper presents New Zealand’s four-stage approach termed Comprehensive Emergency Management (CEM) that covers reduction, readiness, response and recovery. It also discusses key features of risk-based emergency management and outlines country’s

This case study presents emergency management practices in place for the city of Wellington, and discusses all hazards approach and different phases of the comprehensive emergency management concept.

The specific objectives for this study are: to assess the extent and nature of crisis experience in small firms; to identify planning and preparedness mechanisms and to assess how small firms have adapted; to assess the impact of Canterbury earthquakes on small firms’ operations inside and outside the ‘impact zone’; to assess the awareness of potential threats to business continuity planning for future events.

This is report of a field trip to New Zealand to study recovery and reconstruction after the 2010-11 earthquakes. The aim was to learn lessons about the process to help improve information for decision-making in other places.