Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 21 Issue 4
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An International JournalTable of contents
Preparedness: the state of the art and future prospects
Yannick Hémond, Benoît RobertThe purpose of this paper is to show the evolution of the concept “state of preparedness” into “state of resilience” in the context of emergency management, and the implications…
Characteristics and influences of H1N1 communication on college students
Alexis Koskan, Caroline Foster, Jack Karlis, India Rose, Andrea TannerThe purpose of this paper is to assess how college students received and responded to H1N1 pandemic emergency preparedness information and to assess college students’ knowledge…
Effectiveness of educational tools for hurricane resilience in homes
Tyler Strayhorn, Sudipta Dasmohapatra, Dave Tilotta, Phil MitchellIn the disaster mitigation community, one of the most important tasks is that of information transfer prior to, and following natural disasters. The purpose of this research…
The ethics of disaster management
Sara Kathleen GealeEthics is the foundation on which societies and cultures are based and are fundamental to political, social and economic decision making. Ethical dilemmas have created controversy…
Preparedness of schools in the Province of Jeddah to deal with earthquakes risks
Naill M. Momani, Asad SalmiThe purpose of this study is to measure the willingness of general education schools (governmental and private) in the Mecca region to deal with the threat of earthquakes through…
Resilience and adaptation of small and medium‐sized enterprises to flood risk
Gayan Wedawatta, Bingunath IngirigeThe UK has experienced a number of flood events in recent years, and the intensity and frequency of such events are forecast to further increase in future due to changing climatic…
Disaster management in Cameroon: the Lake Nyos disaster experience
Henry Ngenyam BangThe purpose of this paper is to review critically, how the Lake Nyos disaster (LND), which occurred in 1986, is being managed by examining the immediate post disaster management…
Assessing emergency management training and exercises
Helen Sinclair, Emma E. Doyle, David M. Johnston, Douglas PatonThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how training or exercises are assessed in local government emergency management organisations.
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0965-3562Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr JC Gaillard
- Dr Emmanuel Raju