Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 2 Issue 3

Strapline:

An International Journal
Subject:

Table of contents

A Low‐cost Scheme for Local Radiation Monitoring

D.G. Moule

The response to the deposition of radioactive material over theUnited Kingdom from Chernobyl, in 1986, demonstrated the inadequacy ofarrangements at that time for the monitoring…

189

Risk Communication on a National Scale: The Dutch Way

J.G.H. Quint

Risk communication is first and foremost a local responsibilityand, in The Netherlands, the Ministry of Home Affairs thereforestimulated local government to start their campaigns…

289

Post‐traumatic Stress Disorder: A Contrasting View

Eric Bailey

The belief that large‐scale natural disaster can bring severestress and deviant behaviour has existed for some time, and incidentshave been described from as far back as the 1800s…

482

Local Offices of Emergency Preparedness (LEMA) Belief in Disaster Mythology: What Has Changed and Why?

Henry W. Fischer, Eric M. Drain

The local emergency management directors (n=54) from amidwestern state (USA) were surveyed to determine how accurately theyunderstood behavioural response to disaster, which…

482

The Effects of Paramilitary Discipline on the Psychology of Fire‐fighters

Yu‐chun Ko, Henry S.R. Kao

Examines individuals′ psychological responses towards paramilitarydiscipline. Reports on a study which followed 145 recruit firemen (RFn)throughout their six‐month initial…

564

Issues in Natural Disaster Management: Community Response to the Threat of Tropical Cyclones in Australia

Peter Raggatt, Eric Butterworth, Shirley Morrissey

Aims to discuss issues relevant to two aspects of research into theeffects of cyclones on the north‐east coast of Queensland: personalresponses to the experience of cyclones; and…

552

Top‐management Attitude towards Safety in the Western European Chemical and Petrochemical Industries

A.Z. Keller, A.M. Huwaishel

Reports on part of a research programme to elicit and interpretinformation regarding top management attitudes towards safety in theEuropean chemical and petrochemical industries…

461

Industrial Activities with Dangerous Substances and Disaster Preparedness in The Netherlands: International and European Dimensions of Disaster Relief

Bernadette Sourbag

Specifies the three main acts governing the safety of industrialactivities in The Netherlands. Discusses the implementation of thepost‐Seveso Directive (82/501/EEC) and the…

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Cover of Disaster Prevention and Management

ISSN:

0965-3562

Online date, start – end:

1992

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr JC Gaillard
  • Dr Emmanuel Raju