This collection addresses the significance of adopting a broader systematic approach to understanding disaster risk, considering hazards, vulnerability, exposure, capacity, and cascading interactions.

Apply hazard analysis and effective communication to lessen the impact of hazard events on communities. Photo by Jose Fredy Cruz Centeno. Add geophysical and social aspects to your hazard mitigation ...

Propel your career forward with an accredited graduate certificate. Unlike most other programs that focus on management of natural disasters, Michigan Tech's on-campus Natural Hazards and Disaster ...

Investors need to understand the potential physical damage from natural hazards before they can assess their financial implications. From hurricanes to earthquakes to droughts, natural disasters are ...

Why use a threshold of $1 billion? Even though $1B is an arbitrary threshold, these specific events account for the majority (>80%) of the damage from all recorded U.S. weather and climate events ...