Mark Wood

Including disaster risk reduction and resilience in post-2015 development goals - what are the options?
Hurricane Sandy was a case where there was several days warning about the hazard. Mitigation measures were in place and so the most important role for public information systems was more in the manner of explaining what facilities, such as shelters,…

Comment by Mark Wood November 2012
How are groups with special needs best recognized and their knowledge harnessed for their participation in the different priority area for resilience?
Friends, The OASIS Transformational Government Framework (TGF) has indicated the need for a framwork for the collection of best practices in public warning. It also explains that a model needs to exist for making sure that 'stakeholders', …

Comment by Mark Wood October 2012
What are your expectations from the consultation process towards the development of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction?
Friends; Seven countries have now adopted "Cell Broadcast" as one of their means of mass messaging for disaster warnings. Japan, South Korea, Turkey, Netherlands, USA, Chilea, and Israel. Cell Broadcast is an existing technology which is…

Comment by Mark Wood August 2012

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