Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 16 Issue 4

Local search and rescue teams in the United States

The purpose of this paper is to provide background information on a rarely studied response capability of communities across the USA, local, mostly volunteer search and rescue…

Planning to rescue Kuwait's oil wells: an environmental issue

This paper seeks to review the reasons for which Saddam's regime intended to destroy and eliminate Kuwait's entire oil infrastructure before and after the Iraqi invasion of…

Resilience of traditional societies in facing natural hazards

This article sets out to address the response of traditional societies in facing natural hazards through the lens of the concept of resilience.

A response model for the public relations management of a critical incident

This paper seeks to propose a simple four‐element model for how organisations should manage their public relations when they are faced with a critical incident.

Non‐profit response to catastrophic disasters

This article aims to examine the role of non‐profit organizations in response to catastrophic disasters.

The fury of nature in Uttaranchal: Uttarkashi landslide of the year 2003

The study aims to highlight fundamental causes and effects of disasters in the northern district of Uttarkashi, which lies in the fragile mountains of Himalaya. Disasters such as…

Future perspective of school disaster education in Nepal

One of the most significant concerns of disaster management is that community at large is reluctant to initiate pre‐disaster measures at the individual level. Disaster education…

A safety control model for an offshore oil platform

Over the past several decades, the need for safety on offshore oil platforms has attracted significant attention from all its stakeholders. This paper seeks to present a…

Assessing the vulnerability of buildings

The purpose of this paper is to set forth a rigorous methodology for building owners and managers to conduct a vulnerability assessment of their facilities. Such a process would…

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