Contingency planning in southern Africa: Events rather than processes? [PDF]
, 2013 With the increasing frequency, magnitude and impact of disasters, there is growing focus on contingency planning as a tool for enhancing resilience. Yet, there is little empirical evidence that reflects on the practice of contingency planning systems ...
Mabaso, Elias, Manyena, Bernard
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Post-disaster housing and management in Malaysia: a literature review [PDF]
, 2013 Purpose – Malaysia is still in the process of reorganising and restructuring disaster management policy, learning from the national and international experiences.
O'Keefe, Phil, Roosli, Ruhizal
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Construction contractors involvement in disaster management planning [PDF]
, 2014 Disasters, both natural and man-made, cause major damage and loss of life. Because of this, governments around the world are looking at building resilience to ensure communities can recover quickly and have minimal impact from a disaster.
Stringfellow, Peter
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'Catastrophic Failure' Theories and Disaster Journalism: Evaluating Media Explanations of the Black Saturday Bushfires [PDF]
, 2010 In recent decades, academic researchers of natural disasters and emergency management have developed a canonical literature on 'catastrophe failure' theories such as disaster responses from from US emergency management services (Drabek, 2010; Quarantelli,
Burns, Alex, Eltham, Ben
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Participatory approach for integrated basin planning with focus on disaster risk reduction : the case of the Limpopo river [PDF]
, 2011 This paper defends the idea that a participatory approach is a suitable method for basin planning integrating both water and land aspects. Assertions made are based on scientific literature review and corroborated by field experience and research carried
De Dapper, Morgan +3 more
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Alternative Care Sites: An Option in Disasters [PDF]
, 2020 During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the limited surge capacity of the healthcare system is being quickly overwhelmed. Similar scenarios play out when an institution’s systems fail, or when local or regional disasters occur.
Iserson, Kenneth V.
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Sentinels to climate change. The need for monitoring at South Africa’s Subantarctic laboratory [PDF]
, 2014 The International Society for Burns Injuries (ISBI) has published guidelines for the management of multiple or mass burns casualties, and recommends that 'each country has or should have a disaster planning system that addresses its own particular needs.'
Ansorge, Isabelle J. +2 more
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Local perspectives on humanitarian aid in Sri Lanka after the tsunami [PDF]
, 2008 Objectives: This case study examines the impact of humanitarian aid from the perspectives of local stakeholders in Sri Lanka following the tsunami disaster of December 2004.
A.C.K. Lee +30 more
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Multiservice UAVs for Emergency Tasks in Post-disaster Scenarios [PDF]
, 2019 UAVs are increasingly being employed to carry out surveillance, parcel delivery, communication-support and other specific tasks. Their equipment and mission plan are carefully selected to minimize the carried load an overall resource consumption ...
Bianco, Andrea +4 more
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Understanding the Workforce Needs of New Jersey's Public Health and Other Disaster Management Employers [PDF]
, 2008 This report explores the priority workforce needs of New Jersey's public disaster management system. An advisory group of disaster management-related employers from law enforcement and state and local public health systems and educational institutions ...
Aaron Fichtner +2 more
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