Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 22 Issue 4

Strapline:

An International Journal
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Table of contents

Some realities of resilience: an updated case study of storms and flooding at Chiswell, Dorset

James Lewis

The purpose of this paper is to reassess Chiswell's vulnerability to storm and sea flooding since an analysis made in 1979 and to identify characteristics of resilience, a more…

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Useful traditional knowledge indicators for drought forecasting in the Mzingwane Catchment area of Zimbabwe

Bright Chisadza, Mike J. Tumbare, Innocent Nhapi, Washington R. Nyabeze

The purpose of this paper is to identify, analyse and document local traditional indicators used in drought forecasting in the Mzingwane Catchment and to assess the possibility of…

Disaster preparedness and humanitarian response in flood and landslide-affected communities in Eastern Uganda

Shannon Doocy, Evan Russell, Yuri Gorokhovich, Thomas Kirsch

The purpose of this paper is to characterize and investigate relationships between disaster preparedness, impacts, and humanitarian response among Eastern Uganda populations…

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Promoting earthquake disaster mitigation in Lebanon through civic engagement

Hoda Baytiyeh, Mohamad Naja

Civil society organizations (CSOs) in Lebanon are among the most active groups supporting community welfare and advocating for human rights and policy reform. However, these…

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Towards a disaster risk assessment methodology for communities underlain by dolomite

Christo Coetzee, Dewald Van Niekerk

The purpose of the paper is to provide a robust and simple methodology for disaster risk management officials to assess the total disaster risk posed by dolomite in urban areas of…

Operationalizing “resilience” for disaster risk reduction in mountainous Nepal

Karen I. Sudmeier, Michel Jaboyedoff, Stephanie Jaquet

– The purpose of this paper is to describe empirical research intended to fill the perceived gap in practical guidance methodologies for assessing resilience.

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ISSN:

0965-3562

Online date, start – end:

1992

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr JC Gaillard
  • Dr Emmanuel Raju