Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 20 Issue 4

Morphometry of landslides in Garhwal Himalaya, India

Ravinder Singh, Ravindra K. Pande

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a simple and convenient method for the landslides study.

Moral hazard and adverse selection in Chinese construction tender market: A case of Wenchuan earthquake

Dehai Liu, Weijun Xu, Hongyi Li, Weiguo Zhang, Weiguo Wang

The purpose of this paper is to understand the root cause of a large number of quality problems in the current Chinese construction market.

Denture marking: a mandatory procedure to aid forensic identification

Jacob John, Shani Ann Mani, Phrabhakaran Nambiar, Habesah Sulaiman

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the significance of placing identification marks on dentures.

Social learning in managing disasters in Malaysia

Ruhizal Roosli, Geoff O’Brien

The purpose of this paper is to argue that there is still much scope for improvement in planning and training, for both actors and disaster victims, in the front line of…

Role‐specific psychological requirements in preparing public transportation staff for disaster response

Gesine Hofinger, Robert Zinke, Stefan Strohschneider

Human behavior significantly determines the scale of impact of hazardous situations. If crisis situations are highly dynamic, they can only be managed successfully if both…

Disaster recovery considerations for academic institutions

Dominic M. Beggan

The purpose of this paper is to examine how an academic institution may more effectively respond to a disaster. In this particular situation the issues are being…

Whose risks? Gender and the ranking of hazards

Per Becker

The purpose of this paper is to examine if gendered differences in risk perception automatically mean that women and men rank the hazards of their community differently…

Measuring economic impacts of drought: a review and discussion

Ya Ding, Michael J. Hayes, Melissa Widhalm

The purpose of this paper is to provide useful information for members of the weather community and policy makers, to help them understand the full scope of drought…

Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness for the Family

Maximiliano E. Korstanje

Systems Approach to Management of Disasters: Methods and Applications

Niru Nirupama

Editorial

Douglas Paton