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School of Administrative Studies Diaster & Emergency Management Program

Professor Ali Asgary: How the experts calculate the death toll in disasters

Posted on 18 March 2011

The death toll in Japan has continued to climb since last Friday’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, wrote the National Post blog "Posted" March 16 in a Q&A article: Official estimates suggest 10,000 people have died, although the police chief of the hard-hit Miyagi prefecture said this week he expects the toll to exceed that in […]

What can we learn Haiti's earthquake to better prepare for future disasters?

Posted on 6 January 2011

How can we respond faster and better to disasters such as last year’s earthquake in Haiti? That’s the challenge speakers, first-response practitioners, emergency managers, researchers and educators will discuss at the The Haiti Earthquake of Jan. 2010: Lessons Learned seminar next week at York. The seminar, being held one year after the earthquake, will take place […]