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Pre-disaster planning and preparedness for floods and droughts: A systematic review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2019
Increasing intensity and frequency of climate-related disasters such as floods and droughts challenge existing governance models of disaster risk reduction.
J. Raikes   +3 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Planning Emergency Shelters for Urban Disaster Resilience: An Integrated Location-Allocation Modeling Approach

open access: yesSustainability, 2017
In recent years, extreme natural hazards threaten cities more than ever due to contemporary society’s high vulnerability in cities. Hence, local governments need to implement risk mitigation and disaster operation management to enhance disaster ...
Laijun Zhao   +6 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Managing city-scale slow-onset disasters: Learning from Cape Town's 2015–2018 drought disaster planning

open access: yes, 2021
Disaster planning for slow-onset city-wide shocks will be become increasingly necessary, particularly as cities face increasingly severe climate hazards.
Hugh D. Cole   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Analysis of Flooding Adaptation and Groundwater Recharge After Adopting JW Ecological Technology in a Highly Developed Urbanization Area

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
The relationship between Taiwan’s groundwater resources recharge strategy and flood disasters is significant. The adaptation strategies of traditional urbanization areas simulate the spatial distribution of permeable pavements under different rainfall ...
Kuo-Chen Ma   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Menggali Kesiapsiagaan Keluarga dalam Perencanaan Tanggap Darurat Bencana bagi Penyandang Disabilitas Mental di Indonesia

open access: yesNERS Jurnal Keperawatan, 2023
Indonesia, as an archipelagic nation, faces a significant level of disaster vulnerability, with 3,721 natural disasters recorded in 2019. Vulnerable groups are one of the groups with the highest risk that need to be managed and given special attention ...
Rika Sarfika, Ainul Fitri, Elvi Oktarina
doaj   +3 more sources

Disaster Planning for Caregivers

open access: yesEDIS, 2012
“News that a hurricane or tornado is on its way can cause anyone to worry. But if you’re responsible for providing care for someone who’s disabled, chances are you face additional concerns. You and the person you care for may not be able to “jump and run”
Carolyn Wilken
doaj   +5 more sources

Regional Government Responsibility Related to Disaster Mitigation through Human Rights-Based Spatial Policies in Palu City

open access: yesInternational Journal of Disaster Management, 2023
The 2018 earthquake in Palu highlighted the city's vulnerability. For this reason, disaster mitigation efforts were needed to reduce the impact of disaster. Disaster mitigation can take the form of formulating human rights-based spatial policies.
Ismeti Ismeti   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disaster Planning for Homeless Populations: Analysis and Recommendations for Communities

open access: yesPrehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2020
Homelessness is a growing problem, with perhaps greater than a 150 million homeless people globally. The global community has prioritized the problem, as eradicating homelessness is one of the United Nation’s sustainability goals of 2030. Homelessness is
S. Morris
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Disaster-based participatory development planning [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
Disasters are a global problem in many countries. Particularly in Indonesia,where has many prone areas to disasters. The perspective of disastermanagement has entered a new paradigm, from previously only focusing onemergency response activities to ...
Hidayat Benny, Rasadi Anggraini
doaj   +1 more source

When disaster strikes: The role of disaster planning and management in cancer care delivery

open access: yesCancer, 2020
INTRODUCTION Natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and other extreme weather events occur in every region of the United States and have a devastating impact on the physical, social, and economic infrastructure of communities ...
L. Sahar   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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