@article{1447676,
      recid = {1447676},
      author = {Izumi, Takako, and Pal, Indrajit, and Shaw, Rajib,},
      title = {Safety and resilience of higher educational institutions :  considerations for a post-COVID-19 pandemic analysis /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {The world has spent the majority of 2020 enduring an  unpreceded crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The  impact of this crisis has been enormous, and the situation  has yet to be resolved. It is still difficult to anticipate  when the pandemic will end and how our lives will have  changed after the crisis. Higher educational institutions  (HEIs) have also had to undergo tremendous transformation,  in particular, changing a conventional educational,  teaching, and learning system to a digital and online mode  and cancelling or postponing important events such as  graduation and entrance ceremonies and entrance  examinations. In addition, a number of HEIs have been  facing financial constraints due to reduced enrolment,  particularly from overseas. Students have missed  opportunities to meet their family and friends, causing  profound psychosocial impact and stress for all concerned.  Simultaneously, however, the situation has given HEIs a  good opportunity to consider their disaster preparedness,  response, and recovery capacity on campus. Some surveys  have highlighted a lack of preparedness for pandemic and  other hazardous risks beyond natural hazards. Safety issues  are a top priority at HEIs because they bring together a  number of students, faculty, and staff. This book covers  the experiences and lessons learned from HEIs in  preparedness, response, and recovery during the COVID-19  pandemic to prepare for such calamities beyond natural  disasters in the future. The book consists of 15 chapters  divided into three major sections. They highlight the  importance of HEIs governance issues in disaster risk  management, examine the challenges that HEIs have faced  during the pandemic and the implementation of new teaching  and learning methodologies, and provide innovative  responses and preparedness by HEIs based on science and  technology, respectively.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1447676},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1193-4},
}