Mass Shootings: Reassuring Children After a Traumatic Event
While processing the constant stream of disturbing media, parents must also anticipate the needs of their children by helping them process the upsetting news.
August 8, 2019
NCDP Perspectives
- All
- Climate Change And Disasters
- Mega-Disasters
- Recovery
- Systems Readiness
- Disaster Communications
- Vulnerable Populations
Deadly extreme weather is the new normal
The weather has always been unpredictable. And extreme events are even harder to predict. They are by their nature, rare, and with the environmental changes occurring, even historical trends may not be as useful in forecasting risk.
August 8, 2019
Financing catastrophe: 4 ways we pay for disasters
Like any healthy financial portfolio, disaster financing should be diverse. There is no single mechanism that should be overly relied
August 8, 2019
As Hurricane Michael moves inland, public data can help the most vulnerable
As Hurricane Michael moves further inland, bringing torrential rains and high winds with it, those who were most vulnerable before
August 8, 2019
Five reasons not to underestimate Hurricane Florence
As Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast as a major hurricane, there is also a collective sigh of relief among many that the route of the storm avoided areas like Texas, Florida and Puerto
August 8, 2019
Emergency management is having a #MeToo moment
This is not just an issue of fairness, victims and survivors...It is also a failure to capitalize on different perspectives that represent the community that emergency management serves.
August 8, 2019
Children in Crisis: Supporting Parents and Caregivers of Syrian Refugee Children
The project begins with a robust needs assessment process that will ensure that the best available science is integrated into the application, and that it is developed in a way that appropriately presents the
November 4, 2018