Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 6 Issue 1

Crisis: when does a molehill become a mountain?

Caroline Keown‐McMullan

Crises are hitting our industries with alarming regularity. Yet the word crisis is usually used with little thought to its meaning. Examines the various meanings which…

Preparing for disaster: public attitudes and actions

Gerry Larsson, Ann Enander

Investigates what people are prepared to do in the way of disaster preparation, and examines how these assessments may be related to personal factors and attitudes. Draws…

Terrorism on the couch ‐ a psychoanalytic reading of the Oklahoma Disaster and its aftermath

Adrian Carr

The date of 19 April 1995 will be remembered as a day on which a tragic event took place in Oklahoma. Argues that we need to go beyond a mere reading of the passionate…

Analysis of fatality, injury, evacuation and cost data using the Bradford Disaster Scale

A.Z. Keller, M. Meniconi, I. Al‐Shammari, K. Cassidy

Data sets were compiled from the MHIDAS data bank for incidents where there had been five or more fatalities, ten or more injuries, 50 evacuations, or US$1 million damage…

Post‐event support for disaster workers: integrating recovery resources and the recovery environment

Douglas Paton

The recognition that disaster workers may be victimized as a consequence of fulfilling their disaster relief role has resulted in the development of several interventions…