Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 22 Issue 1

Is the Normal Accidents perspective falsifiable?

Antti Silvast, Ilan Kelman

This article is motivated by debates regarding Charles Perrow ' s Normal Accidents perspective which describes how technological systems are prone to failure if…

Using education and social learning in capacity building – the IntECR concept

Magnus Johansson, Lars Nyberg, Mariele Evers, Max Hansson

The aim of this paper is to present a concept where social learning is used in education. Thematically, the concept is suitable for complex, interdisciplinary, societal…

Four major disaster occurrences and the Spanish language media: a lack of risk communication

Abraham David Benavides

The Hispanic community is the fastest growing ethnic group in the USA and is currently the largest minority group with tremendous buying power. This trend has seen a…

Improving simulation exercises in Korea for disaster preparedness

Hakkyong Kim

The main purpose of this paper is to explore the current practices of simulation exercises in Korea and to make desirable recommendations for the future of Korean…

Some realities of resilience: a case-study of Wittenberge

James Lewis

The aim of this paper is to explore community resilience during the short-term stages of recovery of Wittenberge in 1945, surrender in the final months of the Second World…

Impacts of temporary housing on housing reconstruction after the Bam earthquake

Mojtaba Rafieian, Ali Asgary

– This study aims to examine the impacts of temporary housing on housing reconstruction after disasters using data collected after the December 2003 Bam earthquake.

A comparative study on the national counterpart aid model for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction: 2008 Wenchuan earthquake as a case

Jiuping Xu, Yi Lu

External assistance is often urgently required when an area is struck by a catastrophe. Central government-oriented aid (CGA), national non-governmental organizations aid…

The University of Disaster

Maximiliano E. Korstanje

2012 Awards for Excellence

The social responsibility of advocating for what is right, just and equitable

J.C. Gaillard and Emmanuel Luna