Background: Failed attempts to improve the delivery of healthcare to communities show
distinct flaws that have a higher impact during a major incident or disaster (MID). This study …

Crises and disasters are windows of opportunity to learn and transform toward enhancing
disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience. However, a poor understanding of community …

Mountains are home to a considerable share of the human population. Around a billion
people live in mountainous areas, which harbor rich natural and sociocultural diversity …

In the immediate aftermath of disaster, governments usually act quickly to reduce risk and to
recover their communities' socio-economic functioning. Policy makers in these situations …

Using the disaster risk reduction paradigm and United Nations principles for post-disaster
interventions, we analyse the actions of the Italian civil protection agency following the April …

Enhancing disaster risk reduction (DRR) and community resilience are fundamental for
sustainable development. However, cultural and political‐institutional barriers hinder …

Purpose We consider what happened in the initial reconstruction interventions following the
6 April 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila (Italy). Using the disaster risk reduction and resilience …

Building sustainable and resilient societies is a multidimensional challenge that affects
achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In crises and disasters, civil …

This paper draws on several recent cases to analyse the particular challenges for experts
who are called to provide scientific advice under time-critical circumstances. It uses the …

Areas suffering territorial imbalances are at risk, as climate change and inherent social‐
spatial vulnerabilities bring uncertainty over their capacity to achieve sustainable …