Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 27 Issue 1

The perception of risk in the flood-prone area: a case study from the Czech municipality

Mohan Kumar Bera, Petr Daněk

The purpose of this paper is to explore the risk perceptions and activities of people to reduce impacts of disaster.

Managing coastal risks at the Wadden Sea: a societal perspective

Birgit Gerkensmeier, Beate M.W. Ratter, Manfred Vollmer, Cormac Walsh

The trilateral Wadden Sea Region (WSR), extending from Den Helder in the Netherlands, along the German North Sea coast, to Esbjerg in Denmark, constitutes a unique but vulnerable…

Social network analysis of the Korean disaster-safety industry

Byeong Je Kim, Hyung-Guen Park, Ji-Bum Chung

The purpose of this paper is to identify the present structure of the Korean disaster-safety industry and propose ways to promote it.

Harnessing informal education for community resilience

Shihui Feng, Liaquat Hossain, Douglas Paton

Disaster education is considered as a newly emerging area of research and practice, which promotes community-based educational approaches for building resilience. Given the…

Simplifying humanitarian assistance/disaster relief analytic models using activity-based intelligence: Syrian refugee crisis as a case study

Donald V. Widener, Thomas A. Mazzuchi, Shahram Sarkani

The purpose of this paper is to propose an effective knowledge elicitation method and representation scheme that empowers humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) analysts…

The role of religious beliefs and practices in disaster: The case study of 2009 earthquake in Padang city, Indonesia

Adisaputri Gianisa, Loic Le De

Over the last few years, there has been an increase of research interest on the role of religion in disaster. While some emphasize the positive role of religions during and after…

Of stories that matter: The social construction of risk in planning for coastal areas in Antique, Philippines

Juhn Chris Espia, Alma Maria Salvador

The recent shift in the Philippine Government’s emphasis from response to a more proactive approach came with the recognition that different stakeholders play important roles in…

Risk communication for religious crowds: preferences of Hajj pilgrims

Hassan Taibah, Sudha Arlikatti, Simon Andrew

The purpose of this paper is to describe empirical research intended to gauge the channels of risk information and their perceived effectiveness expressed by Hajj pilgrims in 2013…

The impact of flooding on marriage: evidence from Pakistan

Riaz Ahmed

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the flood on marriages in flooded households compared to marriages in unaffected households by utilizing the 2010 Pakistani…

Learning and usefulness stemming from collaboration in a maritime crisis management exercise in Northern Norway

Leif Inge Magnussen, Eric Carlstrøm, Jarle Løwe Sørensen, Glenn-Egil Torgersen, Erlend Fritjof Hagenes, Elsa Kristiansen

This research investigates the perceived collaboration between public, private, and volunteer organisations during maritime crisis work, with an emphasis on learning and…

Gender and Land Tenure in the Context of Disaster in Asia

Jonatan A. Lassa