Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 22 Issue 2
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An International JournalCategory:
Environmental Management / EnvironmentTable Of Contents
Understanding wildfire vulnerability of residents in Teton County, Wyoming
Lucas Kanclerz, Lisa M. DeChano‐CookThis research aims to examine the wildfire vulnerability of part‐time and full‐time residents in the wildland‐urban interface (WUI) of Teton County, Wyoming. Are part‐time…
Ethnic differences in perceptions of social responsibility: Informing risk communication strategies for enhancing community resilience to flooding
Aaron Mullins, Robby SoetantoThe purpose of this research is to investigate ethnic differences in perceptions of social responsibility, in relation to flooding, for householders, local businesses and…
The effect of communication during mass decontamination
Holly Carter, John Drury, G. James Rubin, Richard Williams, Richard AmlôtReports from small‐scale incidents in which decontamination was conducted suggest that a successful communication strategy is vital in order to increase public compliance…
Media and social amplification of risk: BSE and H1N1 cases in South Korea
Ji Bum Chung, Gi Woong YunThis study aims at exploring the topology of two risk communication cases, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in 2008 and H1N1 in 2009, in South Korea and…
Developing an approach to assess the influence of integrating disaster risk reduction practices into infrastructure reconstruction on socio‐economic development
Roshani Palliyaguru, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard HaighDisasters provide physical, social, economic, political and environmental development windows of opportunity particularly through housing and infrastructure…
Resource challenges for housing reconstruction: : A longitudinal study of the Australian bushfires
Yan Chang‐Richards, Suzanne Wilkinson, Regan Potangaroa, Erica SevilleThe purpose of this paper is to identify resourcing challenges that face housing rebuild following the 2009 Victorian “Black Saturday” bushfires in Australia and to…
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0965-3562Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr JC Gaillard
- Prof. Emmanuel Luna