Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 7 Issue 1
Strapline:
An International Journal
Subject:
Table of contents
Organisational response to a volcanic eruption
Douglas Paton, David Johnston, Bruce F. HoughtonThis paper reports on the findings of a survey of organisational responses to the 1995 eruptions at Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand. The survey identified co‐ordination…
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Responding to landslide hazards in rapidly developing Malaysia: a case of economics versus environmental protection
Ngai Weng ChanMalaysia is an ex‐colonial, newly‐industrialising country, with a sustained high economic growth rate averaging eight per cent GDP per annum over the past ten years. Within such a…
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The role of the new information technologies in emergency mitigation, planning, response and recovery
Henry W. FischerMultimedia, CD‐ROM, DVD, Internet, Web Sites and e‐mail are all part of a constantly changing, emerging array of the new information technologies which are being utilized in…
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Stress and emergency work experience: a non‐linear relationship
Carmen C. MoranEmergency workers vary in their levels of experience, both in terms of years of service and involvement with traumatic incidents, and both types can influence vulnerability to…
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ISSN:
0965-3562Online date, start – end:
1992Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr JC Gaillard
- Dr Emmanuel Raju