Commentary

The United Kingdom's National Risk Register - 2023 Edition

At the time of writing this, the UK Government has just released the 2023 edition of the National Risk Register (NRR, HM Government...

Turkish-Syrian Earthquake: Vulnerability and Hazard

In 43 years of studying disasters I have seen few events that so clearly illustrate the primacy of vulnerability over hazard impact as...

Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6 February 2023: Building Collapse and Consequences

An interesting map was published by the US Geological Survey shortly after the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes.[1] It showed (perhaps somewhat...

The Disaster of War

By convention, when we study disasters we exclude warfare. It is not easy to find a completely logical reason for this. It is more a...

A Resilience Charter

Preamble 1.1 The purpose of this charter is to specify the responsibilities of the state and citizens in the field of resilience...