Social impacts and social resilience

The ability of a community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions through risk management. 

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Using the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) data from 2021 to 2023, this study compares heat-related illness (HRI) in urban and rural areas of the U.S.

The Journal of Climate Change and Health
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Documents and publications

This guidance document consolidates and conveys key concepts and measures to promote resilient, green, and inclusive health facilities linked to three key phases of the facility investment life cycle: planning, design, and operation.

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
Busy streets of Kingston Jamaica at downtown coronation market
Nicole West-Hayles
When extreme weather events strike, why do some people disregard official warnings and take apparently unnecessary risks?
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This study aims to determine the disaster literacy and disaster preparedness levels of adults and the factors influencing these levels in Türkiye. The resilience of communities to disasters is an indicator of their preparedness for such events.

Natural Hazards (Springer)
El Incendio de Palisades (abajo a la izquierda) y el Incendio de Eaton (arriba a la derecha) empezó el 7 de enero de 2025, y el Incendio de Lidia (en el centro) empezó el 8 de enero de 2025
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Los recientes incendios en Los Ángeles han afectado gravemente a diversas comunidades, con un impacto significativo en la población hispana.

Yale Climate Connections
Passengers on the street during winter storm.
Research briefs

Helping communities predict extreme weather events that have never been recorded in modern history is the focus of a new study published in Nature Communications.

University of Reading
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Documents and publications

This study aims to examine in depth the situation of homeless individuals in earthquakes from the perspective of disaster experts and to present social policy recommendations within this scope.

Natural Hazards (Springer)
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Electric utilities across the United States are shutting off power to a growing number of households, according to a recent report that also found most shutoffs happened during last year’s record-hot summer.

Grist Magazine
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