.../approach This study draws on fieldwork data from Nariño, Colombia, combined with secondary data and a review of the literature on El Niño and disaster preparedness. Findings Disaster managers in Nariño do have contingency plans for El Niño events at their disposal. Yet, these plans do not come...

... contingency planning phenomenon: geographically bounded public, research-oriented, higher education institutions. This study could provide a framework for administrative leaders in academic settings to assess their organizations’ capacity for recovery from an unexpected business disruption. This study could...

... accommodation Korea Emergency measures Contingency planning Disasters In Korea, many stakeholders have pointed out the poor conditions of emergency planning around government employees, traditional minority, foreign‐born population, and animals, to name a few. However, they have formally mentioned...

...Uta W. Hesterberg; Gerardo Huertas; Michael C. Appleby Purpose Inclusion of animals in emergency contingency planning is not yet common practice in many countries. The purpose of this paper is to assess the need for and viability of such inclusion in Latin America. Design/methodology/approach...

... in coastal Bangladesh. Bishawjit Mallick can be contacted at: bishawjit.mallick@ifr.uni‐karlsruhe.de © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Bangladesh Natural disasters Social groups Organizational skills Contingency planning Successful disaster risk management related...

... by researchers and practitioners have a limitation in that they focus on ensuring that security processes exist while being unconcerned about how these security processes can be accomplished in practice. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Business continuity Contingency planning Senior...

... in the event of an encounter with such contingencies. In short, an effective BCP is crucial to every company as it helps to ensure the continuous well‐being of the company. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Business continuity Construction industry Singapore Contingency planning...

... Khodarahmi can be contacted at: realarticles@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Management strategy Contingency planning Expecting the unexpected is the name of the game however, there are situations which their anticipation is difficult. Definition of crisis management...

... be contacted at: hjwen@semo.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Disasters Man‐made disasters Man‐made systems Emergency measures Contingency planning Human failure This research analyzes a number of well‐known man‐made system disasters that occurred in the past, along with some...

... Charter are given below: 1. Details of customers/clients: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Disasters Charters Contingency planning India The cost of damage from natural hazards to governments, businesses, and families is very high. The money spent on cleaning up...

... so (Berke et al., 1999). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Natural disasters Fire Floods Water supply Contingency planning United States of America Natural hazards affect on average 934,000, injure 993 and kill 346 Americans every year (EM‐DAT, 2005...

.... 8. Disaster – loss of control, possible loss of personnel, property and environmental damage. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Organizational planning Risk assessment Risk management Contingency planning Employee involvement Decision theory An industrial systems...

... civil protection arrangements. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Contingency planning Terrorism USA Crisis management The phrase “civil protection” has gradually come into use around the world as a term that describes activities which protect civil populations against incidents and disasters...

... that, even without assessing risk exactly, vulnerability reduction decreases damages and losses. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Disaster management Hazards Contingency planning The inability to grasp the context of natural hazards represents one of our greatest barriers to managing...

..., training and recovery management for disaster business continuity. Contingency planning Disaster management Disaster recovery Risk management The object of business continuity planning is minimising loss after a disaster. Achieving this goal requires that management and information systems...

... in the plans to be revealed and corrected. It is no good having a plan unless there is confidence that it is both feasible and will work on the day. This is especially important with contingency plans which may be rarely if ever used. Indeed, in a perfect world, where procedures are operated safely...

...Alberto Petroni As information systems (IS) become indispensable, EDP disaster recovery has to become an essential IS function. In this paper, after discussing the criticality of sound planning for information systems disaster recovery in banks, the approach to contingency planning adopted by Banca...

... be provided which demonstrate the utility of these technologies in enhancing training activities for emergency personnel as well as extending the opportunity for such training beyond the time and place of the original trainer. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Contingency planning Disaster planning Disaster...

... confidentiality. No impact regions: II and III. The administrators from regions II and III reported damage to property and lives, but provided no evidence of any impact of disaster experiences on future plans or policy. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Contingency planning Disaster management...

...G.H. Moore Charts the career of the author through the fire service and the subsequent major disasters which occurred during that time. Advocates the importance of adequate disaster plans, and explains the development of Lincolnshire’s civil contingency plan. 1123 ‐ Lincoln almost burnt down...