The Indian Ocean tsunami (2004) and Hurricane Katrina (2005) reveal the coming of age of the on-line disaster response community. Due to the integration of key geospatial technologies (remote sensing - RS, geographic information systems - GIS, global positioning systems - GPS) and the Internet, on-line disaster response communities have grown. They include the traditional aspects of disaster pr...

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Sustainable development and disaster reduction are essential preconditions for each other. Natural disasters severely hamper the progress and achievements of sustainable development while, at the same time, physical infrastructure we are constructing may itself constitute a source of risk in the event of future disasters. This is particularly true in the case of earthquakes, where the majority ...

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This paper examines how the discourses and practices of design can be applied to both mitigate damaging impacts (un-)natural disasters guide resilient post-disaster recovery. Integrated with systems analysis, provide an innovative window for understanding complexities disaster-risk reduction recovery, as well a conceptual bridge new ways building socio-economic physical resilience in disaster-a...