We address these limitations by drawing on lessons from our study ... In contrast to most disaster research, RISK examines both short- and long-term mental and physical health outcomes and ...

Homeowners hit by disaster must weigh the emotional desire to rebuild against the financial realities of insurance coverage, ...

"We have spent the last few years transforming our understanding of flood and coastal erosion risk in England, drawing on the best ... still be standing after a disaster, not just whether a ...

The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, held each year on 13 October, celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to natural hazards. Although it is ...

In disaster-prone states like California and Florida, pricing risk accurately and reflecting the risk with higher premiums has already become a problem for insurers. Some experts fear that ...

Instead, this scholarship argues that disasters are the result of risks that are “manufactured” through a combination of human decision making and natural events. This so-called manufactured risk is ...

Many of the counties most at risk for climate disaster are worried the least about it. While climate worry correlates somewhat with climate disaster risk, there are broad swaths of at-risk ...

A study reviewing the state of the disaster workforce published in the Journal of Emergency Management in 2021 found that half of the respondents felt burned out or overextended (at high risk of ...

Climate change is increasing the likelihood and intensity of natural disasters such as floods ... of flood and coastal erosion risk in England, drawing on the best available data ...