Rethinking Readiness
A Brief Guide to Twenty-First-Century Megadisasters

Rethinking Readiness gives an overview of possible megadisasters - disasters on such a scale that recovery after the event isn't enough, there needs to be a more comprehensive preparedness. The megadisasters discussed are biothreats (extreme weather, earthquakes, diseases), climate change, critical i......more

STOP THE PRESSES! This nonfiction book has a publishing date of July 14, 2020, and has already become outdated in the light of the current worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. I would urge the publisher to postpone publishing this book 'as is' if at all possible until the crisis has ended, giving the author......more

As someone who has focused her studies & work on disasters brought about by natural hazards, I appreciated how Jeff Schlegelmilch’s “Rethinking Readiness” helped me take a step back and look at the variety of threats that society could face at any given time. His book provides a good overview of bio......more

It's a unique and unexpectedly timely coincidence for me to be reviewing a book that looks into twenty-first century megadisasters in the midst of a global pandemic. Rethinking Readiness takes a brief look into the history and current direction of disaster prepardness planning, and is due to be publ......more

With Rethinking Readiness, Jeffrey Schlegelmilch offers a succinct presentation of the major existential threats facing humanity in 2020. Although the strategies that he recommends are more impressionistic than concrete, Schlegelmilch seems to have a firm grasp on the scope of each issue. The central......more