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The National Criteria for Evacuation Decision-Making in Nursing Homes [PDF]
, 2008 Explains the key factors nursing home administrators and healthcare workers must consider in deciding whether to evacuate patients or to shelter them in place during natural disasters.
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the last three decades, overseas researchers have utilised administrative data to identify distinct patterns in shelter use. In Australia, the use of administrative data to understand service utilisation patterns among people ‘at risk’ of homelessness and experiencing homelessness is limited.
Godwin Kavaarpuo +2 more
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Climate ServicesAs China navigates its path to development, rapid growth has been accompanied by persistent challenges, including a widening wealth gap and urban–rural divide, leaving vulnerable populations in towns and villages particularly at risk of flooding ...
Zaiwu Gong +4 more
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地震科学进展, 2022 The standardization construction and management of shelters could improve emergency management capacity and urban resilience of corresponding region. In this paper, the spatial distribution data sets of emergency shelters were constructed and the causes ...
Haijun Li +3 more
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Emergency Shelter Design For Disaster Preparation
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2020 Abstract Indonesia is geographically a country located in an area that is often subject to natural disasters. As a result of natural disasters that damaged residents homes, many people lost their homes and needed temporary shelter to evacuate.
Abdel Mounaim +2 more
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Family Reunification among Two Groups of Runaway Adolescents Utilizing Emergency Shelters [PDF]
, 2005 Limited research has addressed reunification of runaway youths with their families following an emergency shelter stay; however, recent studies have shown that those who reunify with their families following a shelter stay have more positive outcomes ...
Thompson, Sanna J. +2 more
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A Process and Outcome Evaluation of a Shelter for Homeless Young Women [PDF]
, 2003 To evaluate the processes and outcomes of a short-term shelter, both quantitative and qualitative data were gathered via participant observation, focus group interviews with shelter staff and residents, and individual interviews with a sample of 40 young
Gibson C.M. +19 more
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‘Somewhere We Can Call Home and…Be Normal’: Findings From the Justice Housing Programme Evaluation
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The relationship between homelessness or unstable housing and reincarceration is well documented. The initial month after a person is released from custody is a period of particular vulnerability, with an increased risk of homelessness and return to prison.
Helen Taylor, Lorana Bartels
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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The Spatial Optimization of Emergency Shelters Based on an Urban-Scale Evacuation Simulation
Applied Sciences, 2021 As an important space for disaster prevention, the construction of emergency shelters is crucial for the creation of a complete disaster relief facility network. Based on the goal of the prevention of day and night disaster, short-term fixed shelters are
Wei Chen +4 more
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