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Special Issue on Advanced Methods for Seismic Performance Evaluation of Building Structures II

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Earthquakes could be a hazard to human lives and the economy, leading to catastrophic disaster unless proper preparation is not made for buildings and infrastructures [...]
Sang Whan Han
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Evaluation of Post-Earthquake, Tsunami, and Liquefaction Disaster Waste Management in Palu [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
The Central Sulawesi region is known as the meeting place for three of the world's main tectonics. As a result, the region is prone to natural disasters, especially those caused by the movement of these plates, which has prompted a shift in the Palu-Koro
Chandra Putra Parura Tezario   +1 more
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Social Protection and Disaster Recovery

open access: yes, 2020
This note highlights the critical contribution that social protection can make to a broader disaster recovery effort by helping directly to disaster-affected households.
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery   +1 more
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What Role Do Disaster Victims Play as the Mainstream for Future Disaster Preparedness in Korea? Case Studies of Foundations Established by Disaster Victims

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2020
Historically, the primary agents performing key roles in disaster preparedness, as well as risk mitigation and vulnerability reduction, in Korea have been the central government, local government, and regional government.
Seol A. Kwon, Sang Il Ryu
doaj   +1 more source

Earthquake, volcanic eruption, flood, and CBRNE: How can we prepare for disasters?

open access: yesRenal Replacement Therapy, 2023
It has long been known that dialysis treatment is susceptible to disasters. In fact, the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 and the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster in 2011 severely affected dialysis treatment; however, in the previous disasters ...
Tomoyuki Yamakawa
doaj   +1 more source

Disaster Resilience Education and Research Roadmap for Europe 2030 : ANDROID Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A disaster resilience education and research roadmap for Europe 2030 has been launched. This roadmap represents an important output of the ANDROID disaster resilience network, bringing together existing literature in the field, as well as the results of ...
Rochas, C   +33 more
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Disaster preparedness of Hiroshima community health nurses: A mixed-method study

open access: yesProgress in Disaster Science, 2023
The number of natural disasters has increased globally as a result of climate change. Community nurses become frontline workers in disaster-struck areas, protecting their clients from harm and risk.
Mayumi Kako, Alison Hutton
doaj   +1 more source

What Do Music Therapists Need to Know Before the Disaster Strikes?

open access: yesVoices, 2012
The paper discusses required knowledge in preparation for a disaster relief. The author shares her experience of the Great East Japan Earthquake and reviews how she went through the post-disaster phase as a music therapist.
Masako Otera
doaj   +1 more source

Disaster Risk Reduction in the Built Environment in Sri Lanka- An overview [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Natural disasters have long-term implications on sustainable development. They mainly destroy the built environment thereby hindering economic and social development, and causing environment degradation.
Amaratunga, Dilanthi   +2 more
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Key scientific and technological issues of joint prevention and control of river flood and urban waterlogging disaster chain in megacities

open access: yesShui kexue jinzhan, 2023
In recent years, the risk of extreme super rainstorm in megacities coupled with big flood in rivers has been increasing, which caused heavy casualties and property losses.
Jiahong LIU   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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