Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 13 Issue 5
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An International JournalTable of contents
Syndromic surveillance and bioterrorism: embracing the network‐centric warfare paradigm
A.J. MasysMilitary operations today more than ever are carried out by large coalitions, usually distributed between several organisations and often separated by substantial temporal and…
Spatial information technology in flood early warning systems: an overview of theory, application and latest developments in Malaysia
Lawal Billa, Shattri Mansor, Ahmad Rodzi MahmudMalaysia experiences a major flood event every three years due to the adverse effects of two monsoon seasons a year. Floods have thus become the most significant natural disaster…
Spatial technology for natural risk management
Shattri Mansor, Mohammed Abu Shariah, Lawal Billa, Iwan Setiawan, Faisal JabarThis study integrates high spatial resolution remote sensor data with geographic information system (GIS) data and multi‐criteria analysis to develop a methodology to model…
Insight into the nature of road accidents from data on injured and dead
Piyoosh Rautela, Ravish SharmaAnalysis of data on road accidents collected from different sources brings forth important characteristics related to the nature of accidents. Based on this, the fatality index…
GIS‐grid‐based and multi‐criteria analysis for identifying and mapping peat swamp forest fire hazard in Pahang, Malaysia
Iwan Setiawan, A.R. Mahmud, S. Mansor, A.R. Mohamed Shariff, A.A. NuruddinPeat swamp forest fire hazard areas were identified and mapped by integrating GIS‐grid‐based and multi‐criteria analysis to provide valuable information about the areas most…
Chlorine incident and its toxic hazardous chemical release impact in the area surrounding a swimming‐pool using GIS
Sa'ari Mustapha, Tan Chye Hee, Mohanad El‐Harbawi, Abdul Rashid Shariff, Thomas S.Y. Choong, Abdul Aziz Zakariaz, Razali MispanChlorine is a liquefied gas, and is stored in large quantities for use in the chemical industry or in water treatment (e.g. the chlorination of swimming‐pool water). Chlorine is…
Strategic preparation for crisis management in hospitals: empirical evidence from Egypt
Mohamed M. Mostafa, Rod Sheaff, Michael Morris, Valerie InghamThis study examines Egyptian managers' perceptions of their hospitals' preparation for crisis management. A total of 259 participants completed a 24‐item Strategic Preparation for…
The rise and rise of clean, white‐collar (fire‐fighting) work
Merilyn Childs, Michael Morris, Valerie InghamAustralian newspapers, like those in other first‐world countries, valorise fire‐fighters through images more typically associated with heroic blue‐collar “battlers”: sweat, ash…
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0965-3562Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr JC Gaillard
- Dr Emmanuel Raju