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Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 2019 Although cumulative evidence shows that descriptive norms desirably promote social behavior, the adverse effects of descriptive norms have not been thoroughly investigated.
Takuro Ozaki, K. Nakayachi
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What Do Music Therapists Need to Know Before the Disaster Strikes?
Voices, 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
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Logistics service provider selection for disaster preparation: a socio-technical systems perspective
Annals of Operations Research, 2018 Since 1990s, the world has seen a lot of advances in providing humanitarian aid through sophisticated logistics operations. The current consensus seems to be that humanitarian relief organizations (HROs) can improve their relief operations by ...
Seong-Chun Kim +2 more
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Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research, 2020 Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have a range of innovative applications within the field of disaster management, underscoring the potential to enhance human security by integrating UAS across phases of disasters.
Chelsea A LeNoble +4 more
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Shui 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
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Community Proactivity in Disaster Preparation: Research Based on Two Communities in Japan
Journal of Disaster Research, 2018 This study examined the determinants of people’s participation in community-based disaster preparedness efforts. We administered surveys to residents of two communities in Japan: a neighborhood renowned for high proactivity in disaster preparedness ...
T. Hashimoto +4 more
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Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 2013 : In the project activities of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee (TC), the National institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), the SABO (Erosion and Sediment Control) Department of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (
Shin-Ichiro Hayashi +4 more
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Disaster management in India : need for an integrated approach
, 2022 It is now widely known that the hazards can be natural, but most disasters are ‘human-made’. The failure to properly implement developmental policies and practices with due consideration to disaster risk management is the leading cause of turning a ...
Vipul, Nakum +2 more
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Preparing children for climate-related disasters [PDF]
BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2020 Climate-related disasters affect different dimensions of children’s health and well-being both directly and indirectly. Reducing children’s vulnerability and exposure to climate-related disasters is crucial to protect them against risks. Children as climate-change agents and future leaders at local, national and international level can obviously ...
Hamed Seddighi +3 more
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Post-disaster social reconstruction and social development
, 2016 The Asia-Pacific region has experienced major disasters, both natural and man-made, in the recent past. Hundreds of families and communities, and several governments, non-government organisations, international organisations and aid agencies have been ...
Manohar Pawar, Pawar, Manohar
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