Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 29 Issue 3

More exposed but also more vulnerable? Climate change, high intensity precipitation events and flooding in Mediterranean Spain

Anna Ribas, Jorge Olcina, David Sauri

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of high intensity precipitation events in increasing the vulnerability to floods in Mediterranean Spain. Precipitation intensity…

Wayfinding during a wildfire evacuation

Micah L. Brachman, Richard Church, Benjamin Adams, Danielle Bassett

Emergency evacuation plans are often developed under the assumption that evacuees will use wayfinding strategies such as taking the shortest distance route to their nearest exit…

Interconnected geoscience applied to disaster and risk: case study from SECMOL, Ladakh, N. India

Michael Petterson, Lanka Nanayakkara, Norgay Konchok, Rebecca Norman, Sonam Wangchuk, Malin Linderoth

The purpose of this paper is to apply the concept of “Interconnected Geoscience” to a disaster and risk reduction (DRR) case study at SECMOL College, near Leh, Ladakh, N. India…

A multiple natural hazard analysis, SECMOL College region, near Leh, Ladakh, North India, with applications for community-based DRR

Michael Petterson, Sonam Wangchuk, Norgay Konchok

This paper places a college at the centreof a multi-hazard assessment (earthquake, flood and landslide). The college is within a less studied, rural area of Ladakh, North India…

Methodology for the preparation of rescue plans – a Polish case study

Grzegorz Kunikowski, Anna Kosieradzka, Urszula Kąkol

The purpose of this paper is to present a proposal for the methodology of developing rescue plans and the concepts of applying recommended response schedules in the context of the…

Distributing flood shelters for disaster risk reduction: Exploring the practices in Bangladesh from a political economy perspective

Shafiqul Islam, Cordia Chu, Leong Liew, James C.R. Smart

The purpose of this paper is to inspect disaster risk reduction (DRR) challenges from a political economy (PE) perspective and to explore how PE determinants facilitate or hinder…

Overcoming fears: a pathway to publishing for early career researchers

Nafsika Drosou, Monia Del Pinto, Mohammed A. Al-Shuwaili, Susie Goodall, Elisabeth Marlow

The purpose of this paper is to present reflections of five early career researchers on the challenges of journal publishing and how to tackle them.

Of locals and insiders: A “localized” humanitarian response to the 2017 mudslide in Mocoa, Colombia?

Erin Hedwig Christina Kuipers, Isabelle Desportes, Michaela Hordijk

Through the case of the response to the 2017 Mocoa mudslide, the purpose of this paper is to contribute to a deeper understanding of why and how humanitarian response should be…

Media usage of evacuees in a multichannel environment

John William Cheng, Hitoshi Mitomo

The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine structural and psychological factors that may affect disaster evacuees’ usage of different media channels in a multichannel…

Field report: Issues in the post-disaster food environment during the immediate response to Hurricane Florence

Lauren A. Clay

The purpose of this study was to explore issues related to the food environment from a systems perspective using a quick response disaster research methodology in New Bern, North…

South African community in Auckland: Natural hazards and the resilience to a potential disaster event

Osamuede Odiase, Suzanne Wilkinson, Andreas Neef

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the resilience of the South African community in Auckland to a potential hazard event.

Factors affecting awareness of preparedness after moderate earthquakes: An analysis of the Pohang earthquake in Korea

Ji-Won Moon, Ha Hwang, Ji-Bum Chung

The purpose of this paper is to examine how experiencing moderate earthquakes influences risk perception and preparedness.