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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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Disaster Planning and Management [PDF]
, 2015 Recent events such as hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, power outages, and the threat of pandemics have highlighted our vulnerability to natural disasters.
Engemann, Kurt J. +2 more
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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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Evaluation of Pre-disaster Planning of Bengawan Solo River Flood Bojonegoro Regency Year 2014
Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2017 Early year of 2014 flood was ranked first in the natural disasters with 69 incidences. Bengawan Solo floods is an annual natural disastersin Bojonegoro.
Enov Sayu Mimanggar Mirahesti
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The Storm Map as Digital Ambiguity
Socio-anthropologie, 2022 This article focuses on how digital platforms mediate disasters in the form of storm maps generating struggles over knowledge and authority. We focus on the dissemination of storm maps during Hurricane Dorian, one of the most severe hurricanes on record,
Andrew Deener +2 more
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Jàmbá, 2009 This study examined the link between urban planning practices and disaster risks. The study used the former Kunduchi Quarry Site within the City of Dar es Salaam to demonstrate how laxity in enforcing the laid down planning rules, regulations and ...
Benedict F. Malele
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Case Study of Resilient Baton Rouge: Applying Depression Collaborative Care and Community Planning to Disaster Recovery. [PDF]
, 2018 BackgroundAddressing behavioral health impacts of major disasters is a priority of increasing national attention, but there are limited examples of implementation strategies to guide new disaster responses.
Chung, Bowen +19 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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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective This study aimed to determine if program format (in‐person, virtual, hybrid) results in differences in three‐month outcomes of pain, function, quality of life, self‐efficacy and chair stands in a hip/knee osteoarthritis management program. Methods A secondary analysis of the GLA:DTM Canada database was completed.
Jill Van Damme +7 more
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The Challenges and Obstacles of Post-Disaster Road Infrastructure Reconstruction in the Pre-Construction Phase [PDF]
, 2015 Purpose The reconstruction of road infrastructure in the post-disaster context require different approach when compared with road projects in the normal development context.
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +2 more
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