... rights only Cyclone Evacuation Older adults Risk mitigation Social capital Funding: We are grateful to the Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh for providing funding. Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to the cyclone hazards that have devastating...

... employees and children) to visualize and interpret local hazards, vulnerabilities, capacities and risk mitigation measures. Findings Participants played with a 3D model, using it to express their memories about land use changes in the city and to share their knowledge about past disasters with children...

... Risk mitigation Emergency planning Disaster risk reduction Civil society Disaster preparedness Disaster management largely refers to the systematic organisation and management of institutional roles and responsibilities in dealing with emergencies (Quarantelli, 1988 ; Wisner et al...

.../licenses/by/3.0/legalcode . 2016 Nepal Natural hazard Disasters Earthquake Risk mitigation Mitigation strategies Risk communications Natural disasters occurring between 1994 and 2013 have affected 218 million people worldwide, and claimed 1.35 million lives (Center for Research...

...Jeng Hsiang Lin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of building codes in earthquake risk mitigation in Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach Using probabilistic risk analysis tools with available data, this study assesses the exceedance probability of extensive...