Michael H. Glantz (1) • Gregory E. Pierce (1)Springer – Download Article Here Accepted: 6 May 2021© The Author(s) 2021 Abstract Current discussions of the social phenomenon of ‘‘vaccine hesitancy’’ with regard to Covid-19 provide an opportunity to use hesitancy as a means to shift thinking about untimely […]
US Agency for International Development Relief Web OVERVIEW • Countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region2 experience a range of natural hazards, including droughts, earthquakes, floods, forest fires, hurricanes, landslides, tsunamis, and volcanoes. El Niño and La Niña phenomena occur periodically, exacerbating the impacts of […]
Crosscutting Themes (Based on the Portal/ENRNs Project’s 15-country, city and region case studies) Each of the 15 country studies exposed issues of concern raised by the research teams. CCB clustered several but not all of those key concerns into six general categories, each of which highlights challenges to […]
By Burton Bollag August 1, 2018 WASHINGTON — As a young expert in disaster risk reduction with the German Red Cross, Thorsten Klose-Zuber visited Bangladesh in 2010, where he witnessed the devastating floods that can occur when monsoons and tropical storms hit this overcrowded, low-lying country. When floods inundate grazing land, smallholder […]
Enhancing the role of conservation agriculture in disaster risk reduction in Southern Africa (OSRO/RAF/602/USA) – Project Highlights Published on 02 Aug 2017 Activities Implented 404 DRR decision-makers from 11 countries were exposed to the benefits of CA through regional and country-level meetings and field days. Produced awareness-raising materials on […]
El Niño Ready Cities: A Trans border comparison in San Diego (California, USA) and Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Video El Niño 2015-16 was anticipated to be one of the most intense in recent history. The cities of San Diego (California, United States) and Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) are […]
By J.W. WACHIRA In the run-up to El Niño, there has been a wide range of reactions to the advice of our meteorological services. These reactions have mirrored changes in Kenyan society, and if there is any failure to prepare for what may come, it will certainly […]
