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Risk, resilience, and security – the three key functions of public safety technology

Open Access Government - Technology News

The best public warning platforms have a broad capacity for the communication, synchronisation, and analysis of complex data The best public warning platforms have a broad capacity for the communication, synchronisation, and analysis of complex data.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

This was in 2010, shortly after Haiti had been prostrated by a magnitude 7 earthquake. The 2010 earthquake occurred after yet another period of instability, which the United Nations Peacekeeping mission (MINUSTAH) had striven to bring to an end. Consider, for example, the role of the Internet and social media.