Author: Taybah Alam

The Yangtze River Delta (YRD) is a flood-prone region spanning Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui provinces, and Shanghai City.  The YRD region’s geographical landscape causes it to hold large amounts of water every June to July during the monsoon season and the frequent typhoons trigger flooding.

Continue reading “Flooding Emergency Plan in Yangtze River Delta, China by Cheryl Liang, Wenqi Lu, Zhiyuan Chen”

Jordan is at a greater risk for terrorist attacks due to its moderate political position, its geographic location, and its tourism industry. Neighboring countries have civil wars and injustices that produce radicalized groups, and recent attacks by Al-Qaeda in Amman have left 60 people dead and over 100 injured. 

Continue reading “Sabaa Alnsour’s Extremist Terrorism Emergency Response Plan in Jordan”

Climate change has affected the Colorado River by reducing the river’s flow by 20%  compared to measurements taken in the early 1900s due to extreme heat, dry soil and decreased vegetation, increased water evaporation, and reduced rainfall and snowpack. As a result, an emergency water shortage was declared in an attempt to reduce water usage in surrounding farms, which use 70% of the water, and rapidly growing cities.

Continue reading “Katrina Paleologos and Emily Zambiazzi’s Water Shortage Crisis in the Lower Colorado River Operations Plan”

In South Africa, 7.5 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and more than 3 million of them do not have access to treatment; in fact, only 70% of people diagnosed with HIV are on sustained treatment in South Africa, making it one of the worst HIV epidemics in the world.

Continue reading “Caroline Romano & Bethlehem Tesfaye’s HIV/AIDS Outbreak and Response Plan in the City of Tshwane, South Africa”

Lebanon houses approximately 1.5 million refugees, and the continued influx of unvaccinated individuals in the country has caused several vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks, causing some organisms to become endemic such as measles and influenza.

Continue reading “Mentalla Abbas, Alyson Marcinkowski, Marissa Sogluizzo’s Emergency Disaster Plan for Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks in Refugee Camps in Lebanon”