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The White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan 2021 provides an overview of current disaster management measures in Japan.

This report discusses how for most major ports in Japan, a business continuity plan (Port-BCP) has been developed to cope with potential functional disorder in port operations caused by natural disasters.

Through this study, we would like to suggest that the Sponge Cities and Flood Resistant Buildings are the most appropriate Risk reducing Strategies, which can reduce Flood hazard risk in areas like Kerala.

The Preliminary Damage Assessment Guide (PDA Guide) is a standard framework for how emergency management officials conduct preliminary damage assessments (PDAs) following a disaster and was effective starting Oct. 1, 2021.

The Manchester Briefing on COVID-19 is aimed at those who plan and implement recovery from COVID-19, including government emergency planners and resilience officers. This week’s Manchester Briefing (Issue 41) examines Financial Technology (FinTech) and Digital Government as policy delivery tools during COVID-19 and how these tools may be used in recovery and renewal. 

This publication reviews a project aimed at supporting the immediate life-saving basic needs of 3,667 Cambodian households.

This study aims to confirm whether there was an association between sea visibility and coastal proximity and mental health.

This article uses sentiment analysis (SA) to assess post-disaster recovery on the 10th anniversary of L’Aquila’s earthquake using Twitter data.