Sasso Barisano, Matera, Italy – Copyright Fiona McLean. Instagram: @fionamcleanphoto. We live on an increasingly urbanizing planet. Research suggests that there is a direct connection between urbanization and growing disaster risk. Climate change place …
By Moussa Mahamat Moussa Dicker L’agglomération de Dakar Centre politique et économique du Sénégal et lieu de résidence de 3.6 millions de personnes (ANSD, 2015), l’agglomération de Dakar est vulnérable aux inondations, aux accidents industriels, aux e …
By Lilia Yumagulova, Editor, HazNet “Samvirke” is a Norwegian word that means working together towards a shared goal. City of Bergen’s Samvirkesenter brings key actors to cooperate together on enhanced regional emergency management capability. Bergen C …
By Matteo Bizzotto Advancing resilience in face of limited resources: the case of Quelimane, Mozambique Quelimane: ManuelAraujo at RC2018-Copyright ICLEI 2018 Person of reference at RC2018: Manuel Araujo, Mayor of Quelimane Municipality, Mozambique A c …
By Sonia Dennis My heart aches, for all that once was, has now been changed forever. A life we called normal is now anything but… I cry for my people who have been left with nothing but rubble. The children that are displaced and sleeping in unfamili …
Lessons learned and lessons learnable from the Canadian Disaster Animal Response Team (CDART) By Cheryl Rogers Lone Butte on fire-Brandon Plewe After a series of wildfires in BC in 2003, the Canadian Disaster Animal Response Team (CDART) was founded to …
Fire disasters like the Grenfell Tower tragedy have prompted many fire departments around the world to re-examine the ways in which they deal with fires in tall buildings. By Joana Duque McFadden With a growing population, more and more high-rise build …
Lessons learned from the Emergency Social Service (ESS) Directors for 100 Mile House in BC . By Shaun Koopman When a two-hectare wildfire began west of 100 Mile House, on July 6, 2017, it marked the beginning of the critical stage of the 2017 wildfire …
