Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 7 Issue 3

Assessment of tsunami magnitude and implications for urban hazard planning in Greece

D.T.M. Dominey‐Howes

This paper describes the phenomenon of tsunamis within the European Seas and explains how tsunami research has developed during the last 40 years as a response to a large…

Treatment of uncompensated cost of marine accidents in a model of welfare economics

Alexander M. Goulielmos, Kostas Giziakis

Attempts to determine the main economic principles that should underline the policies towards safety of ships, cargoes and persons. They applied a model from welfare…

The framework protecting ports and ships from fire and pollution

Alexander M. Goulielmos, Angeliki Pardali

Presents the status of public policy on protecting ports and ships and describes Greek law and practice regarding combating ship fires. Also “best practices” are…

The dark side of growth and industrial disasters since the Second World War

Hayim Granot

Examines the disastrous industrial accidents globally since the Second World War. Change and innovation development have accelerated dramatically through this century. The…