The trial and conviction of seven public officials in L’Aquila, central Italy, for having allegedly given out … misleading and incorrect information to the public before the 6 April 2009 earthquake has proved to be one of the most momentous … developments of recent times in science and disaster risk reduction—and also one of the most misunderstood. It highlights the …

amplitude ≤4.2 m that arrive ≥2 h after the earthquake. MM V–VI shaking could trigger evacuation of educated populaces as far … north as Newport, Oregon for segment D events and Grays Harbor, Washington for segment C events. The NOAA and local warning … systems will be the only warning at greater distances from sources. Copyright US Government 2014 …

disaster management by documenting and analysing its role in rural settings in the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan … the disaster studies literature. This paper explores the role of the mosque, a community-based religious institution, in … during response, relief, recovery, reconstruction and rehabilitation phases of the Pakistan earthquake. Using qualitative …

measured post-disaster permanent housing recovery in Gölcük, Turkey, following the August 17, 1999 earthquake. Based on in …Despite a growing literature on post-disaster recovery, our understanding of how housing recovery is measured remains … organizations need to measure post-disaster housing recovery by developing context-specific, process- and outcome-oriented measures …

growth driver, would be affected owing to widespread damages to the production systems in and around the earthquake area. …

Natural disaster risk is emerging as an increasingly important constraint on economic development and poverty reduction …. This paper first sets out the key stylized facts in the area-that the costs of disaster have been increasing, seem set to … dealing with disaster risk. Key sources of market failure include the difficulty of risk spreading and, perhaps even more …

disaster-prone areas of the world, it has one of the lowest levels of insurance coverage. This paper examines the vulnerability …

vulnerable, with the countries of the Eastern Caribbean standing out as among the most disaster-prone in the world. Natural …

The earthquake that hit Haiti in the beginning of 2010 led to tremendous international solidarity in the recovery … some of the impacts of the earthquake while determining people’s relative preferences for food and other basic needs in the … aftermath of the Haiti’s earthquake. The results indicate that almost two-thirds of Haitians lost a friend in the earthquake …