Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 21 Issue 1

Resourcing for post‐disaster reconstruction: a comparative study of Indonesia and China

Yan Chang, Suzanne Wilkinson, Regan Potangaroa, Erica Seville

There is a need to understand resourcing issues when reconstructing the built environment in a post‐disaster situation. The purpose of this paper is to determine the resourcing…

Institutional framework, key stakeholders and community preparedness for earthquake induced disaster management in Balochistan

Syed Ainuddin, Jayant Kumar Routray

Balochistan is one of the earthquake disaster prone areas in Pakistan. Earthquakes adversely affect people and their economy, therefore disaster preparedness especially at the…

Perceptions of pet owners in urban Latin America on protection of their animals during disasters

Uta W. Hesterberg, Gerardo Huertas, Michael C. Appleby

Inclusion of animals in emergency contingency planning is not yet common practice in many countries. The purpose of this paper is to assess the need for and viability of such…

Securing disaster supply chains with cryptography enhanced RFID

Gianmarco Baldini, Franco Oliveri, Michael Braun, Hermann Seuschek, Erwin Hess

Humanitarian logistics is an essential element of disaster management and it presents many challenges due to the unique disaster relief environment. The paper describes the main…

Assessment of fire hazard in Pakistan

Muhammad Masood Rafi, Syed Wasiuddin, Salman Hameed Siddiqui

There is an acute shortage of infrastructure to deal with fire hazard in big cities in Pakistan. Consequently, fire hazard poses a serious threat to economic and social activites…

Community‐based monitoring for flood early warning system : An example in central Bicol River basin, Philippines

Catherine C. Abon, Carlos Primo C. David, Guillermo Q. Tabios

The purpose of this paper is to integrate the proactive role of communities and the use of flood modeling in the implementation of a flood early warning system.

Significance of building heights for urban environmental safety

Chang Woon Nam

A natural gas pipeline accident could prove to be a dangerous fire source in city centers. Taking the explosive danger caused by natural gas leakage as an example, the purpose of…

Integrated model combined land‐use planning and disaster management : The structure, context and contents

Jieh‐Jiuh Wang

The frequency with which hazards turn to disasters is soaring. Besides the factor of climate variation, errors of decision making during planning are the critical factors. Hence…

Ethnocultural Perspectives on Disaster and Trauma. Foundations, Issues and Applications

Korstanje Maximiliano E.

Editorial

Douglas Paton

2011 Awards for Excellence