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Journal cover: Disaster Prevention and Management

Disaster Prevention and Management

ISSN: 0965-3562

Online from: 1992

Subject Area: Environmental Management/Environment

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Volume 18 issue 3

Published: 2009, Start page: p218

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1798737 View of Islam on earthquakes, human vitality and disaster
Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany (pp. 218 - 232)
Keywords: Disasters, Earthquakes, Human physiology, Islam, Risk management
Article type: Research paper
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1798738 Kuwait's 1991 environmental tragedy: lessons learned
Ali Mohamed Al-Damkhi, Sabah Ahmed Abdul-Wahab, Nabeel Mansour Al-Khulaifi (pp. 233 - 248)
Keywords: Environmental management, Kuwait, Oil industry, Sustainable development
Article type: Viewpoint
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1798739 Four years beyond tsunami: Contours of a roadmap for a coordinated “multi-hazard (including tsunami) risk management action plan for tsunami-affected villages in Tamil Nadu”: overview of ongoing/projected initiatives
Nisha Sahai Achuthan (pp. 249 - 269)
Keywords: India, Risk management, Tidal waves
Article type: Research paper
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1798740 Managing crisis response communication in construction projects – from a complexity perspective
Ying Zhong, Sui Pheng Low (pp. 270 - 282)
Keywords: Adaptive system theory, Communication, Complexity theory, Construction industry, Disasters
Article type: Conceptual paper
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1798741 Causes of slope instability in the Himalayas
Ashish Kumar Singh (pp. 283 - 298)
Keywords: Disasters, Hazards, Landslides, Risk management
Article type: Conceptual paper
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1798742 Earthquake safety elements in traditional Koti Banal architecture of Uttarakhand, India
Piyoosh Rautela, Girish Chandra Joshi (pp. 299 - 316)
Keywords: Architecture, Earthquakes, India, Structural engineering
Article type: Research paper
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1798743 Building disaster resilience through capacity building in Ethiopia
Feleke Tadele, Siambabala Bernard Manyena (pp. 317 - 326)
Keywords: Buildings, Disasters, Ethiopia
Article type: Research paper
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1798744 Web-based support system for flood response operation in Malaysia
Norliza Katuk, Ku Ruhana Ku-Mahamud, Norita Norwawi, Safaai Deris (pp. 327 - 337)
Keywords: Communication, Floods, Malaysia, Worldwide web
Article type: Research paper
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1798745 The accident of passenger-car vessel Samina Express (2000), when 80 persons died: An analysis by the principles of nonlinear management
Alexandros M. Goulielmos, Markos A. Goulielmos, Androniki Gatzoli (pp. 338 - 358)
Keywords: Communication, Human failure, Marine accidents, Non-linear control systems
Article type: Research paper
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News items

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1798747 Quakes, floods doom early Peruvians
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1798748 California 2008 wildfire costs top $1 billion
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1798749 Insurers and climate
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International calendar

1798751 International calendar
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Editorial

1798746 Editorial
H.C. Wilson
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Book reviews

1798752 Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next Fifty Years
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1798753 Data against Natural Disasters: Establishing Effective Systems for Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction
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1798754 Global Catastrophic Risks
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1798755 Large-scale Disasters: Prediction, Control, and Mitigation
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1798756 What is a City?: Rethinking the Urban Landscape After Hurricane Katrina
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1798757 The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change (2nd ed.)
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1798758 Costs of Inaction on Key Environmental Challenges
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1798759 Understanding Environmental Issue
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1798760 Design of Highway Bridges against Extreme Hazard Events: Issues, Principles and Approaches
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1798761 Paths of Destruction: The Story of West Michigan’s Worst Natural Disaster, the Tornadoes of April 3, 1956
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1798762 Climate Extremes and Society
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1798763 Climate Chaos: Your Health at Risk
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1798764 The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth’s Climate
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1798765 Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action
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1798766 Global Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management
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1798767 Climate Change and Globalization in the Arctic: An Integrated Approach to Vulnerability Assessment
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About the authors

1798750 A_climate_of_conflict
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