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Who’s Afraid of Vulnerability?
Who’s Afraid of Vulnerability?
Reframing vulnerability as a strength is what makes transformation possible.
Jason von Meding & Heidi Harmon · 1,269 views
Risk Rooted in Colonial Era Weighs on Bahamas Efforts to Rebuild After Hurricane Dorian
Risk Rooted in Colonial Era Weighs on Bahamas Efforts to Rebuild After Hurricane Dorian
When Hurricane Dorian made landfall on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas on Sept. 1, 2019, it packed winds of up to 185 miles per hour and a 20-foot storm surge. A day later, it ravaged...
Jason von Meding, David Prevatt and Ksenia Chmutina · 1,075 views
Nepal Earthquake Reconstruction Won’t Succeed Until the Vulnerability of Survivors Is Addressed
Nepal Earthquake Reconstruction Won’t Succeed Until the Vulnerability of Survivors Is Addressed
In April 2015 the Gorkha earthquake brought Nepal’s vulnerability sharply into focus. Alongside massive damage to the built environment, the terrible impact on the people of Nepal sent...
Jason von Meding, Hari Darshan Shrestha, Humayun Kabir, Ifte Ahmed · 312 views
Why Natural Disasters Aren’t All That Natural
Why Natural Disasters Aren’t All That Natural
Disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes result from a combination of natural hazards and social and human vulnerability. Calling them 'natural disasters' artificially naturalises...
Ksenia Chmutina, Jason Von Meding, JC Gaillard & Lee Bosher · 3,867 views
Agent Orange, Exposed: How U.S. Chemical Warfare in Vietnam Unleashed a Slow-Moving Disaster
Agent Orange, Exposed: How U.S. Chemical Warfare in Vietnam Unleashed a Slow-Moving Disaster
The use of Agent Orange in Vietnam had deep impacts, including a poisoned water supply, birth defects and cancer. Despite decades of attempted litigation, justice for spraying victims...
Jason Von Meding & Hang Thai · 315 views
Show Up, Stand up and Step Up: Bold Action in the Wake of Storms
Show Up, Stand up and Step Up: Bold Action in the Wake of Storms
It is unusual for disasters to garner as much sustained coverage in the media as Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have. Authors have been able to explore complex aspects of disasters in more...
Jason von Meding and Heidi Harmon · 2,482 views
Religion Is Not the Only Reason Rohingyas Are Being Forced Out of Myanmar
Religion Is Not the Only Reason Rohingyas Are Being Forced Out of Myanmar
Recent weeks have seen an escalation of violence against the Rohingya in Rakhine, the poorest state of Myanmar. A tide of displaced people are seeking refuge from atrocities – they are...
Giuseppe Forino, Jason von Meding, Tom Johnson · 9,355 views
In Vietnam Poverty and Poor Development, Not Just Floods, Kill the Most Marginalised
In Vietnam Poverty and Poor Development, Not Just Floods, Kill the Most Marginalised
Flooding and landslides in northwest Vietnam have caused widespread devastation since the start of August. The disaster crippled the provinces of Son La, Dien Bien, Yen Bai and Lai Chau...
Jason Von Meding · 2,231 views
Trump-Turnbull Call: Trading People Like Pawns Undermines the Goals of International Co-Operation
Trump-Turnbull Call: Trading People Like Pawns Undermines the Goals of International Co-Operation
What is the point of international co-operation in matters of shared concern? According to the UN Charter, its founding member nations were determined to achieve overarching societal...
Amy Maguire & Jason von Meding · 1,894 views
Sacred Cows of Cancun (And Some Elephants in the Room)
Sacred Cows of Cancun (And Some Elephants in the Room)
What was missing from the latest UN conference on Disasters?
Jason Von Meding · 537 views
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