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OUR CHALLENGE

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Emergency planning excluded emergency planners and was put in the hands of a consortium of medical doctors and politicians, yet half the battle in a pandemic is to manage the logistical, social and economic consequences. To understand the magnitude of the task let me briefly describe an example, that of Covid-19 in one country.

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Resident Engagement in Vacant Lot Greening: Empowering Communities for Neighborhood Revitalization

Center for Community Progress

A Zimmerman discuss how effectively managed vacant lot greening can deliver diverse public health benefits to communities. In contrast, when the management of vacant lots is effectively addressed at scale through greening programs, these lots can deliver diverse public health benefits to communities. In this chapter, Laney A.

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Artificial [Un]intelligence and Disaster Management

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

There is currently intense interest in the possible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the management of disasters. The first problem is that it uses vast, and increasing, amounts of energy, which does not help bring climate change under control, or enable the careful stewardship of the planet's resources.