ARISE-US Blog
Planning for Post Event Recovery – In Advance
Dr. Peter WilliamsTowns and cities plan for the emergency, but few plan for getting economic and social life going again. Five components of a community continuity plan.
Read the articleJune 13, 2025Detection, Alert and Warning Systems
Dr. Peter WilliamsRecent wildfires and a false tsunami alert show that the warning systems we already have do not always work as intended.
Read the articleMay 19, 2025Detection, Alert and Warning Systems (DAWS)
Dr. Peter WilliamsAn alert is a process, not a single event. It runs from detection through delivery to the action people take.
Read the articleMay 12, 2025Coastal Resilience Scorecard
Dr. Peter WilliamsARISE-US and Waterfront Alliance are creating a scorecard for coastal cities to assess their resilience to sea level rise, storms, storm surge and tsunamis.
Read the articleMay 5, 2025Typical Omissions in Disaster Risk Reduction
Dr. Peter WilliamsA checklist of the gaps that recur in communities' disaster risk reduction efforts, organized by the UN's Ten Essentials.
Read the articleApril 28, 2025Sustainability and Resilience: A Shotgun Wedding?
Dr. Peter WilliamsClimate disclosure rules are forcing companies to bring sustainability and resilience together, and many are not ready.
Read the articleMarch 18, 2024Architecture and Disaster Risk Reduction
Dr. Peter WilliamsHow architecture shapes a community's vulnerability to disasters, from the engineering choices it enables to materials and cost.
Read the articleMarch 11, 2024COP 28: Navigating Sustainable Resilience and the Urgency for Transformation
Camila TapiasKey themes and observations from COP 28 in Dubai, where sustainability and resilience were at the heart of the discussions.
Read the articleMarch 5, 2024Community Continuity Planning...?
Dr. Peter WilliamsSensible businesses plan for getting back to work after a disaster. Communities need a continuity plan of their own.
Read the articleOctober 5, 2023ARISE-US Publishes a New Community Wildfire Disaster Resilience Scorecard
Dr. Peter WilliamsARISE-US and CrowdDoing have published a free Community Wildfire Resilience Scorecard, with a spreadsheet tool for capturing scores.
Read the articleApril 10, 2023Digital Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction - Help or Hindrance?
Dr. Peter WilliamsDigital technology has enormous potential to help with disaster risk reduction, and it creates significant issues of its own.
Read the articleApril 3, 2023The Need for More Women in Disaster Risk Governance and Leadership Positions
Camila TapiasWomen are disproportionately affected by disasters, yet underrepresented in disaster risk governance and leadership.
Read the articleApril 3, 2023Repurposing Waste for a Sustainable Future: The Smart Zero Waste Green City Project
Leiven TsaiThe Smart Zero Waste Green City Project, led by PANELTECH.US, repurposes waste into reusable products that conserve energy and natural resources.
Read the articleMarch 13, 2023Digital Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction: 'Making Tech Work for All of Us'
Shefali Juneja Lakhina, PhDTakeaways from an ARISE-US symposium on digital technology for disaster risk reduction, including data quality, interoperability and equitable access.
Read the articleMarch 6, 2023Why is Public-Private Collaboration So Important in Disaster Risk Reduction?
Dr. Peter WilliamsDisaster risk reduction is not only the government's job, and not only business's job. Why the two need to work together.
Read the articleJanuary 13, 2023United Nations Climate Change Conference October 2022
Joyce Coffee and Debbra JohnsonAhead of COP26 in Glasgow, a call for the private sector to step up its action on resilience to global warming.
Read the articleJanuary 13, 2023Enroll Business to Cut Disaster Risk
Mami MizutoriCompanies have much to lose from disasters and a huge amount to offer, so the private sector must be better engaged in reducing disaster risk.
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