Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 15 Issue 5

State emergency service local controllers' attitudes towards disaster planning for cultural heritage resources

Natural disasters exert a continual toll not only on property and public infrastructure, but also on places and items of cultural heritage value. Whereas infrastructure and modern…

A simple heuristic model for injury prevention

The purpose of this paper is to propose a simple heuristic model that provides diagnostic capabilities and prevention insights.

Virtual crisis centers

The development of virtual crisis centers for organizations should be established. This study seeks to contend that having such a center will help an organization monitor the…

Technological disaster prevention – the case of Malaysia

The purpose of this paper is to provide some definition and foundation principles regarding disaster management. The paper also tests the Malaysian major hazard installations…

Three psychological principles of resilience in natural disasters

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to present a discussion of some of the core components of human resilience occurring in the face of natural or human‐made disasters…

Redefining disaster: need for managing accidents as disasters

The cumulative impact of accidents not considered as disasters far surpasses the impact of disasters. Accidents taking toll of human lives and economy are often underreported and…

Rural local authorities and disaster resilience in Zimbabwe

Building disaster‐resilient communities is one of the strategies of reducing the impact of disasters in marginalised communities. In Zimbabwe, the role of Rural District Councils…

Disaster management strategy for mass wasting hazard prone Naitwar Bazar and surrounding areas in Upper Tons valley in Uttarkashi district, Uttaranchal (India)

Naitwar Bazar in the Upper Tons valley Indian Himalaya (Uttarkashi district of Uttaranchal in India) is showing signs of an impending disaster. This settlement has witnessed…

Towards the design and operation of fire safe school facilities

The objectives of this paper are to present an assessment for the consideration of fire safety during the design stages of school facilities in Saudi Arabia; and to present the…

Living with Terrorism: Survival Lessons from the Streets of Jerusalem

Health

Marine

Severe weather

Certification in disaster medicine responds to growing need

Fires and explosions

Fostering peace in post-disaster regions

Never learning from history

Miscellaneous

Hurricanes, floods, and severe weather

Earthquakes

Climate change and drought

Pollution

Railway accidents

Lightning safety: an issue with international significance

Aviation

International calendar

All Hazards

Wildfire

Tsunamis