Situations such as the coronavirus pandemic have heightened interest in the importance of disaster management and mitigation. At Rochester Institute of Technology, researchers have created two new ...

CHIMPU, 16 Feb: A four-day training programme on preparation of disaster management plans for schools and institutions for ...

Against this backdrop, UNESCO’s project Strengthening capacity of Viet Nam for early warnings, disaster risk reduction and safer learning environments”, funded by the Government of Japan, seeks to ...

Here is a fun trivia question to throw out at dinner parties. What was the name of America’s oldest learning institution when it was founded in 1636? The Answer? New College. It was founded by the ...

Professor Lee Miles received funding from the UK's Global Research Challenges Fund (GCRF) under the auspices of Driving African Capacity-Building in Disaster Management (AFRICAB) Research Project, ...

UGC has instructed higher education institutions to introduce a 2-credit disaster management skill course for the undergraduate students from 2026–27, aiming to strengthen preparedness and life-saving ...

In the aftermath of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power disaster (known as 3.11), Japan’s overwhelmed bureaucrats realised that disaster management planning had to change. In a ...