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Medical disasters with significant numbers of burn injured patients create incredible challenge for disaster planners. North Carolina is served by two Burn Centers, with a similar ratio of resources (comparing staffed beds with the... more
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      Disaster StudiesDisaster ManagementPublic HealthHealth Care Management
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      LeadershipCommunity Engagement & ParticipationDisaster Management
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      NursingJordanDisaster ManagementDisaster Preparedness
This thesis attempts to identify and analyze the causes of disasters affecting Haiti repeatedly on the assumption that the current situation in Haiti stems from its socially disastrous situation. It follows the hypothesis that the... more
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      Disaster StudiesDisaster ManagementDisaster risk reduction
Exponentially increased number of disasters and continuous failure of humanitarian aid lead to increase in attention towards humanitarian logistics. This paper aims at understanding the conceptual framework of humanitarian logistics with... more
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      BusinessDisaster ManagementHuman ResourcesHumanitarian Logistics
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      Urban PlanningUrbanismInternational Humanitarian LawDisaster Management
In this paper, my aim is to elaborate disability movement praxis so that transnational struggles for justice over the production of impairment emerging from the Global South can be represented within the transnational frame of disability... more
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      Cultural StudiesGender StudiesGlobalizations of Bodies of Knowledge, ex. GQMDisability policy (Social Policy)
This book “Disaster Management” provides a detailed skeleton towards disaster, its types along with real world as case studies and recovery planning. It provides a preliminary study on understanding the do’s and don’ts of disasters... more
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      Climate ChangeDisaster StudiesClimatologyDisaster risk management
This article deals with the discipline of Business Continuity Planning and management. To secure a business, today it is important to have a holistic risk management program that includes protection from major disasters. Operational Risk... more
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      Disaster risk managementBusiness Continuity PlanningRisk ManagementDisaster Management
Participate in an international competition for a project in China, design a project for Dubai, build a school in the favellas of Brazil. Those are some of the challenges that firms in the fields of architecture, urban planning and... more
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      Project ManagementInternational DevelopmentConstruction ManagementLean Construction
Communities are at risk from extreme events and natural disasters that can lead to dangerous situations for residents. Improving resilience by helping people learn how to better prepare for, recover from, and adapt to disasters is... more
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      Information SystemsArtificial IntelligenceNatural Language ProcessingOntology (Computer Science)
Impacts of natural disasters have increased worldwide in the past decades. Earthquakes are one of the disasters that have been studied for real-time analysis and crisis management. Disaster-related losses have been examined by the damage... more
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      Open Source SoftwareDisaster ManagementGeographic Information Systems (GIS)
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      Community ResilienceEnvironmental Planning and DesignNatural HazardsDisaster Management
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      GeomorphologyDisaster Management
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      Disaster StudiesDisaster risk managementDisaster ManagementDisaster Response
Bangladesh is likely to be one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change due to geographical location and geo-morphological conditions. Bangladesh experiences extremely disastrous situations like a cyclone, flood,... more
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      Environmental ScienceClimate ChangeClimate Change AdaptationDisaster risk management
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      Disaster risk managementDisaster ManagementAfet Yönetimi
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      Information ManagementEnvironmental ManagementWireless Sensor NetworksDisaster Management
A common practice uses funny and cute internet memes to describe natural hazards, such as hurricanes, to the general public. Emergency managers create an industry lacking credibility and seriousness when they use unrealistic and comedic... more
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      Science CommunicationDisaster StudiesDisaster risk managementCrisis communication and management
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      Gender StudiesWomen's StudiesDisaster StudiesDisaster risk management
The aim of this study is to analyze the barriers of natural disaster governance for Turkey. First part of the study consists of definitions of disasters and disaster management cycle, theoretical discussions of natural disaster and local... more
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      Disaster ManagementNatural disaster management and governace. Post- disaster governance. Aid after disasters.Disaster Governance
Natural disasters are becoming more and more prominent in our world today, increasing by over 400% in the last 20 years alone. To overcome the challenges brought about by such situations, it has been proven vital to ensure continued and... more
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      Distributed ComputingDisaster ManagementEmergency ResponseContent Centric Networks
The Philippines is a country that is both largely dependent on marine resources for its people's socio-cultural and economic activities, yet also highly vulnerable to extreme weather events caused by climate change. Recognizing this,... more
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      Environmental ScienceClimate ChangeCoral ReefsDecision Support Systems
Pelaksanaan implementasi kebijakan bukan hanya sekedar membahas masalah pelaksanaan keputusan, tetapi secara lebih jauh implementasi kebijakan membahas mengenai langkah aktualisasi yang lebih bersifat interaktif antara pemerintah dan... more
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Rural development is prerequisite for balanced development of any country. Around 80% people live in the rural area of Bangladesh and among them 40% people live below the poverty line. This represents that rural areas of Bangladesh are... more
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      Climate ChangeWaterInternational DevelopmentUrban Planning
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      TerrorismMental HealthResilienceHealth Planning
The need to pre-empt upcoming disasters, mitigate the effect of disasters, minimize losses and ensure most efficient utilization of resources during disaster calls for an effective planning, designing and implementing tool like... more
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      Spatial StatisticsDisaster ManagementGeographic Information Systems (GIS)
С обзиром на усмереност истраживачког дизајна на утврђивање природе и јачине повезаности испитиваних фактора са знањем ученика, истраживање има експликативни циљ. Наиме, аутори користе метод анкетирања ученика како би идентификовали и... more
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      Disaster StudiesDisaster Management
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      Disaster risk managementDisaster ManagementDireito AmbientalDisaster risk reduction
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      Public AdministrationPolitical ScienceInterorganizational NetworksCollaboration
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      Information TechnologySocial NetworksCollective IntelligenceDisaster Studies
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      Disaster MedicineDisaster risk managementHomeland SecurityDisaster Management
On August 25, 2012, the Amuay oil refinery in northwestern Venezuela suffered an explosion. This unprecedented accident in the national oil industry killed 48 people and injured 156. In this study, we have adopted a political anthropology... more
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      VenezuelaDisaster ManagementOil and gasIncertainty
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      Disaster ManagementComparative StudyEmergency ResponseInformation Modelling
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      SociologyFlood Risk ManagementResilienceDisaster risk management
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) play an increasingly important role in various areas of life, including in terms of protection and security. As a result of fires, volcanic eruptions, or other emergencies, huge amounts of toxic gases,... more
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      Environmental ScienceAir QualityFire and Emergency ServicesUnmanned Aircraft Systems
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      Climate ChangeClimate Change AdaptationEconomic GrowthCarbon
Social media and crowdsourcing (SMCS) are increasingly proving useful for addressing the effects of natural and human-made hazards. SMCS allow different stakeholders to share crucial information during disaster management processes and to... more
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      Social MediaDisaster ManagementCrowdsourcing
Krízové javy sú súčasťou nášho každodenného života a v poslednom období vyžadujú podrobnejšie riešenie eliminácie ich negatívnych dôsledkov na ľudí, prírodu a spoločnosť ako celok. Všetky fázy krízového riadenia, obzvlášť fáza reakcie,... more
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      Flood Risk ManagementDisaster risk managementCrisis communication and managementCrisis Management
In August of 2007, the author testified as the medical expert witness on behalf of the State of Louisiana in the St. Rita’s Nursing Home criminal case. Thirty-five residents drowned as floodwaters swept over the nursing home during... more
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      Long Term CareAgingDisaster Management
Kean University White Paper
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      Disaster ManagementEmergency Management
Sumário Introdução. 1. Prevenção e mitigação dos desastres. 2. O governo dos riscos catastróficos e a incerteza. 2.1. Medidas estruturais. 2.1.1. Infraestrutura verde ou natural. 2.1.2. Infraestrutura cinza ou construída. Considerações... more
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      Disaster risk managementDisaster ManagementDireito AmbientalPrevenção
การวิจัยในครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ศึกษาสภาพปัญหาและอุปสรรคด้านนโยบายในการเตรียมพร้อมรับมือกับแผ่นดินไหวของจังหวัดเชียงรายตามแผนยุทธศาสตร์การป้องกันและบรรเทาสาธารณภัย 2) เพื่อศึกษาตัวแสดงในเครือข่ายนโยบายในระดับท้องถิ่น... more
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      Social Network Analysis (SNA)Disaster ManagementEarthquakeการจัดการภัยพิบัติ
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      Human GeographyAnthropologyParticipatory ResearchCommunity Engagement & Participation
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      Disaster ManagementCity planningJakartaCity and Regional Planning
Libraries provide the platform on which successful education systems are built through the provision of access to information. The ability to provide equal and nondiscriminatory access to library resources and services is the hallmark of... more
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      Disaster ManagementElectronic Information Resources (EIR)Information System Adoption/AcceptanceOrganisational Science
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      ArchaeologyGeologyDisaster ManagementQuaternary
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      PhotogrammetryDisaster ManagementEarthquakeGeometry
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      Disaster ManagementMultidisciplinarySeismic DesignSeasonality
This special edition on disaster management had its genesis in the devastating impact of a runaway wildfire that started one Sunday morning on the slopes of Table Mountain in April this year. The confluence of the ongoing effects of... more
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      Disaster ManagementDisaster Response and RecoveryLibrary Preservation and Book Conservation