Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 4 Issue 5
Strapline:
An International Journal
Subject:
Table of contents
Health effects of earthquakes
S.W.A. GunnA major earthquake causes massive destruction, high mortality, manycasualties and protracted health problems. The impact creates immediatemedical needs at the epicentre, while…
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The Kobe earthquake: some realities of strategic management of crises and disasters
Robert HeathThe response management of the Kobe earthquake in 1995 providespractitioners and theorists of crisis and disaster management with muchto consider. As in other efforts around the…
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Preparing public safety organizations for disaster response: a study of Tucson, Arizona′s response to flooding
Charles P. McHughTucson, Arizona, experienced two large‐scale floods in October 1983and January 1993. In comparing these floods, examines both the naturalevents and the response of public safety…
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The structure and function of community emergency operations centres
Ronald W. PerryAddresses the issue of the structure and function of the communityemergency operations centre (EOC). There is some confusion among someemergency responders and particularly among…
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ISSN:
0965-3562Online date, start – end:
1992Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr JC Gaillard
- Dr Emmanuel Raju