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Jul 16, 2021

Risk Technopolitics in Freetown Slums: Why Community-Based Disaster Management Is No Silver Bullet

Chapter from "Critical Disaster Studies" (Penn Press, 2021) detailing a study of Sierra Leone and proposing that community-based disaster risk management actually distracts from larger social and political root causes of vulnerability.
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Sep 16, 2020

Hybrid Governance of Disaster Management in Freetown, Monrovia, and Dar Es Salaam

This article introduces a hybrid governance perspective to disaster management. Hybrid governance refers to situations where state and non-state actors collectively provide key services.
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Sep 3, 2020

A Complexity Approach for Reducing Disaster Risks for Marginalized Urban Populations: Comparing DRR Interventions Across Four Cities

This chapter conceptualizes cities and their risks as a complex adaptive system and examines the methods for risk reduction.
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Nov 5, 2019

Disaster Risk Reduction Is Not 'Everyone's Business': Evidence from Three Countries

The author examines disaster risk reduction (DRR) by answering the following questions: Who are the main types of actors involved in DRR in different countries, how do they work together, and how much variation is there between countries?
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Nov 5, 2018

Overcoming Challenges Arising from the Creation of National Security Councils: A Framework and Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa

This report for the Malian government explores the challenges in setting up a national security council. The author creates a theoretical framework for effectiveness, applies it to case studies, and presents suggestions for overcoming challenges.
Commentary

Jun 4, 2015

What the Ebola Crisis Taught Us About Emergency Preparedness in Africa

The 2014 Ebola outbreak was the most severe of its kind. At the height of the crisis, 800 to 1,000 new cases were reported per week in Africa across the three most heavily affected countries. As of last week, there were only 12 confirmed cases. What must be done to prevent and mitigate future crises of this nature?
Research

Apr 28, 2015

Three Studies in Conflict

Uses a variety of social science research methods to explore the use of conflict prevention, cessation, and recovery interventions.
Press

Mar 3, 2015

New Tool Can Help Identify Nations That May Be Vulnerable to Ebola or Other Public Health Emergencies

Public health experts can identify nations that are vulnerable to the occurrence and impact of future outbreaks of Ebola or other emergencies by using a screening tool that evaluates a nation's strengths across a wide range of measures such as political strength and health care capabilities.
Expert Insights

Feb 23, 2015

Mitigating the Impact of Ebola in Potential Hot Zones: A Proof-of-Concept Approach to Help Decisionmakers Prepare for High-Risk Scenarios Outside Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

This perspective describes a proof-of-concept approach intended to help decisionmakers systematically assess the risk of the spread of Ebola to potentially vulnerable countries and then consider actions to mitigate the impact of Ebola there.
Expert Insights

Feb 23, 2015

التخفيف من تأثير وباء الإيبولا في المناطق الحساسة المُحتملة

تشرح هذه الدراسة مقاربةً لإثبات المفهوم، الهدف منها مساعدة صانعي القرار أولاً على إجراء تقييمٍ منهجيٍ لخطر انتشار فيروس الإيبولا في بلدانٍ ضعيفةٍ محتمَلة، ومن ثمّ التفكير بالإجراءات التي يمكن اتخاذها في الوقت الحالي لتخفيف أثر وباء الإيبولا على هذه البلدان.
Commentary

Dec 31, 2014

What Have We Learned from the Ebola Outbreak?

For much of 2014, the world has confronted the most deadly Ebola outbreak since the discovery of the disease in 1976. What lessons have emerged? What should the world do to better prepare for transnational outbreaks?
Commentary

Oct 21, 2014

Your Questions on Ebola, Answered

Melinda Moore, a RAND public health physician and senior researcher, hosted an 'Ask Me Anything' session on Reddit to answer questions about Ebola, including whether a U.S. travel ban would help prevent the spread of the deadly disease.

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Risk Technopolitics in Freetown Slums: Why Community-Based Disaster Management Is No Silver Bullet

Hybrid Governance of Disaster Management in Freetown, Monrovia, and Dar Es Salaam

A Complexity Approach for Reducing Disaster Risks for Marginalized Urban Populations: Comparing DRR Interventions Across Four Cities

Disaster Risk Reduction Is Not 'Everyone's Business': Evidence from Three Countries

Overcoming Challenges Arising from the Creation of National Security Councils: A Framework and Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa

What the Ebola Crisis Taught Us About Emergency Preparedness in Africa

Three Studies in Conflict

New Tool Can Help Identify Nations That May Be Vulnerable to Ebola or Other Public Health Emergencies

Mitigating the Impact of Ebola in Potential Hot Zones: A Proof-of-Concept Approach to Help Decisionmakers Prepare for High-Risk Scenarios Outside Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

التخفيف من تأثير وباء الإيبولا في المناطق الحساسة المُحتملة

What Have We Learned from the Ebola Outbreak?

Your Questions on Ebola, Answered

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Risk Technopolitics in Freetown Slums: Why Community-Based Disaster Management Is No Silver Bullet

Hybrid Governance of Disaster Management in Freetown, Monrovia, and Dar Es Salaam

A Complexity Approach for Reducing Disaster Risks for Marginalized Urban Populations: Comparing DRR Interventions Across Four Cities

Disaster Risk Reduction Is Not 'Everyone's Business': Evidence from Three Countries

Overcoming Challenges Arising from the Creation of National Security Councils: A Framework and Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa

What the Ebola Crisis Taught Us About Emergency Preparedness in Africa

Three Studies in Conflict

New Tool Can Help Identify Nations That May Be Vulnerable to Ebola or Other Public Health Emergencies

Mitigating the Impact of Ebola in Potential Hot Zones: A Proof-of-Concept Approach to Help Decisionmakers Prepare for High-Risk Scenarios Outside Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

التخفيف من تأثير وباء الإيبولا في المناطق الحساسة المُحتملة

What Have We Learned from the Ebola Outbreak?

Your Questions on Ebola, Answered

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