PUBLICATIONS
The role of military forces in emergency management (civil–military interaction)
2020 - Those involved in emergency response and recovery, including the military, require an acute level of awareness of livelihoods that rely on livestock and their associated implications for human security.
Use of Military Resources to Address Natural and Human-made Disasters
September 2021 - This Background Paper reviews in a schematic way the legal framework and actual use of military assets by various countries in the face of emergencies caused by natural and human-made disasters, identifying initial good practices, as well as some emerging key issues.
U.S. Emergency Management in the 21st Century: From Disaster to Catastrophe
2020 - U.S. Emergency Management in the 21 st Century: From Disaster to Catastrophe explores a critical issue in American public policy: Are the current public sector emergency management systems sufficient to handle future disasters given the environmental and social changes underway? In this timely book, Claire B. Rubin and Susan L. Cutter focus on disaster recovery efforts, community resilience, and public policy issues of related to recent disasters and what they portend for the future
Weathering the Storms Together: Improving US Humanitarian Efforts
March 2023 - This Atlantic Council report argues that the US humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) system—well practiced and extensively developed—could further serve US and partners’ needs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and beyond through targeted improvements.
World Disasters Report 2020: Come Heat or High Water
2020 - The impacts of climate change are already devastating lives and livelihoods every year, and they will only get worse without immediate and determined action. The World Disasters Report 2020 analyses climate disaster trends and shows how we can tackle the humanitarian impacts of the climate crisis together.