Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 16 Issue 2

Safety performance evaluation models: a review

Managing a safety programme and ensuring that change is in accordance with suitable performance measures requires continuing improvement in the support of analytical power and…

The Asian tsunami: An urgent case for improved government information systems and management

This paper seeks to provide a timely consideration of how regional governments in Asia and other national governments around the world collect, manage, and share critical…

The cultural context of emergencies: Seeking for a(n) holistic approach on disaster management

This paper seeks to examine the level of co‐operation among organisations with different backgrounds, professional and regulatory relations and self‐perceptions for the purpose of…

Developing warning and disaster response capacity in the tourism sector in coastal Washington, USA

There has been a considerable effort over the last decade to increase awareness of the tsunami risk in coastal Washington, USA. However, contemporary research on warning systems…

Policy responses, institutional networks management and post‐Hurricane Ivan reconstruction in Jamaica

This paper seeks to investigate how the Government and people of Jamaica responded to the onslaught of Hurricane Ivan in September 2004, against the background of the established…

Locating cyclone shelters: a case

This paper aims to present the cyclone shelter location problem as a problem of grouping a set of villages into a minimum number of clusters and finding the location and capacity…

Flood risk management for the RUA of Hanoi: Importance of community perception of catastrophic flood risk in disaster risk planning

This paper aims to investigate reasons for unusual overdevelopment of floodplain areas outside river dyke, provide an insight into the importance of community perception of…

A population and economic overview of Cambria County, Pennsylvania following the 1977 Johnstown Flood

This paper seeks to examine the extent of monetary damage, the loss of life and the effect on employment caused by 1977 Johnstown Flood and their subsequent effects on population…

Marine

Earthquakes

Fires and explositions

Command, control and communication and the greatest of these is communication

Miscellaneous

Floods

Coastal Issues

Forecasts and warnings

Severe weather

Railway accidents

Aviation

International calendar

All Hazards

Hurricanes

Climate change and drought