Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 21 Issue 3

Disaster management from the perspective of governance: case study of the Hebei Spirit oil spill

Joon‐Young Hur

The purpose of this paper is to attempt, from the perspective of governance, to approach and analyze the cooperation mechanisms as were shown in the case of the Hebei Spirit oil…

Strategic health care logistics planning in emergency management

Jerry D. VanVactor

The purpose of this paper is to provide, first, an explication of the interconnectivity of logistics as an element of health care disaster posturing and second, to use a context…

Mental health implications of volunteer fire service membership

Shannon L. Wagner, Melanie O’Neill

The purpose of this paper is to add to the overall body of literature regarding mental health implications related to fire service membership; in particular, to look specifically…

Black swans to grey swans: revealing the uncertainty

A.J. Masys

The emergence of “black swans” represents (according to Taleb) “[…] our misunderstanding of the likelihood of surprises”. The purpose of this paper is to study accidents and…

Design patterns: coordination in complex and dynamic environments

Liaquat Hossain, Shahadat Uddin

The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual foundation and empirical basis for exploring issues related to the design framework for modeling coordination in complex and…

Local wisdom‐based disaster recovery model in Indonesia

Bevaola Kusumasari, Quamrul Alam

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the local wisdom‐based recovery model that has been applied in the Bantul district, Yogyakarta, Indonesia following the 2006 earthquake…

Spatio‐temporal behaviour after an earthquake: a case study of Kawaguchi town, Japan

Matteo Gismondi, Otto Huisman

The purpose of this paper is to provide a method to examine the differences in behaviour during a post‐quake period.

Exceedance probability of extensive damage limit for general buildings in Taiwan

Jeng Hsiang Lin

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of building codes in earthquake risk mitigation in Taiwan.

Special issue on humanitarian logistics education and training