Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 27 Issue 5

Dr Bernard Siambabala Manyena 1968-2018

Andrew Elvin Collins

Implications of transforming climate change risks into security risks

Ksenia Chmutina, Peter Fussey, Andrew Dainty, Lee Bosher

A number of severe weather events have influenced a shift in UK policy concerning how climate-induced hazards are managed. Whist this shift has encouraged improvements in…

The economics of disaster risks and impacts in the Pacific

Christopher Edmonds, Ilan Noy

The Pacific islands face the highest disaster risk globally in per capita terms. Countries in the region have been affected by several recent catastrophic events, as well as by…

Fire officer leadership strategies for cost management

Leo R. Sedlmeyer, Rocky J. Dwyer

The purpose of this paper is to explore leadership strategies of fire officers used by fire office leaders to manage costs associated with hazardous operations.

Gathering places in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey

Mary M. Nelan, Ronald L. Schumann III

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of gathering places in disaster recovery, and describe types of active gathering places where residents and aid workers in…

Not your typical “historian”: Archiving successes and lessons learned during emergency response

Adrienne Lefevre, Madison Walter-Garcia, Kimberly Hanson, Julia Smith-Easley

In the incident command system (ICS) structure, response documentation is formally found within the planning section. However, longer term emergency responses have demonstrated…

Experiences of a prolonged coal-mine fire

Rebecca Jones, Sarah Lee, Darryl Maybery, Alexander McFarlane

The purpose of this paper is to examine the perspectives of local residents regarding the impact of the long-duration Hazelwood open cut coal mine fire in rural Australia.

Minority community willingness to pay for earthquake insurance

Chun-Min Zhang, Zhen-Wei Qian

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between potential affecting factors and the local communities’ willingness to pay (WTP) for housing earthquake…

Survivors’ experiences of journalists and media exposure: A retrospective qualitative study 15 years after a ferry disaster

Liselotte Englund, Filip K. Arnberg

The media is an important part of disaster management, yet little is understood about their interplay with the disaster survivors. The purpose of this paper is to examine disaster…

Examining spatio-temporal patterns, drivers and trends of residential fires in South East Queensland, Australia

Prem Chhetri, Jonathan Corcoran, Shafiq Ahmad, Kiran KC

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first is to examine the changing spatio-temporal patterns and regional trends in residential fires; and second is to investigate the likely…

Community participation framework for post-disaster resettlement and its practical application in Pakistan

Ali Jamshed, Irfan Ahmad Rana, Masood Ali Khan, Nikhil Agarwal, Ahsan Ali, Mayank Ostwal

The purpose of this paper is to propose a practical framework for community participation in post-disaster resettlement.

Social production of disasters and disaster social constructs: An exercise in disambiguation and reframing

Lei Sun, A.J. Faas

The purpose of this paper is to determine whether it is useful to tease apart the intimately related propositions of social production and social construction to guide thinking in…

Economy-wide impact of drought induced productivity losses

Nicholas Kilimani, Jan van Heerden, Heinrich Bohlmann, Louise Roos

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how a drought which initially affects agricultural productivity can ultimately affect an entire economy. The study aims to assess the…

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