Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 7 Issue 1

Organisational response to a volcanic eruption

Douglas Paton, David Johnston, Bruce F. Houghton

This paper reports on the findings of a survey of organisational responses to the 1995 eruptions at Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand. The survey identified co‐ordination…

Responding to landslide hazards in rapidly developing Malaysia: a case of economics versus environmental protection

Ngai Weng Chan

Malaysia is an ex‐colonial, newly‐industrialising country, with a sustained high economic growth rate averaging eight per cent GDP per annum over the past ten years…

The role of the new information technologies in emergency mitigation, planning, response and recovery

Henry W. Fischer

Multimedia, CD‐ROM, DVD, Internet, Web Sites and e‐mail are all part of a constantly changing, emerging array of the new information technologies which are being utilized…

Stress and emergency work experience: a non‐linear relationship

Carmen C. Moran

Emergency workers vary in their levels of experience, both in terms of years of service and involvement with traumatic incidents, and both types can influence…