... responses or learning from previous emergency responses. It is defined as a set of activities that facilitate an actual emergency response by ensuring the mobilization of resources to address expected emergency conditions, including plans to prepare for a possible disaster scenario (Boin and McConnell, 2007...

... hazards. Bradley Adame can be contacted at: badame@asu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Disasters Disaster management Emergency response Flooding Natural hazard Message design The relationship between disaster preparedness attitudes and actual disaster preparedness...

...@okstate.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Aftercare Emergency response Disasters Manmade disaster Sport organizations In 2014, there were 336 disaster events worldwide, leading to 12,700 deaths and $110B in economic losses ( SwissRe.com, 2014). Emergency responses...

... of a disaster. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Marion L. Mitchell can be contacted at: marion.mitchell@griffith.edu.au Disasters Natural hazard Nursing Intensive care Emergency response Manmade disaster Critical care nursing The number of reported disasters has increased...

... for fostering and encouraging locally focused disaster preparedness activities. The findings may also be of interest to community groups working in the sphere of community building and resilience. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Social support Christchurch earthquake Emergency response...

... al., 2012). Disasters Floods Natural hazard Spain Adaptive capacity Emergency response Manmade disaster Exposure Floods remain the single natural hazards causing the largest economic and social impacts worldwide (Guha-Sapir and Hoyois, 2015). In Spain and according...

... review provides important insights into the psychosocial impacts of flooding by examining research from similar areas to New Zealand. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Aftercare Disasters Emergency response Psychological Natural hazard Psychosocial In response to flooding...

... among survivors. Originality/value – The study contributes to the dearth of knowledge on the use of PFA when used in a group, collective, and developing country setting. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Philippines Aftercare Disasters Emergency response Natural hazard...

... Emergency response Crisis management Natural hazard The present case study focusses on how the Swedish Government offices managed the crisis following the ash cloud from the Islandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010. Although not immediately life threatening, the handling of the event involved...

... responsibility. Emergency response Natural hazard Tsunami Pacific Ichkslands In the years since 2004, the Asia-Pacific region has experienced several large earthquakes that triggered deadly local tsunamis – Indonesia (2004, 2005, 2006), American Samoa (2009), Chile (2010), and Japan (2011...

... Emergency response Human-induced disaster Natural hazard Disasters are simply a fact of life in the Philippines. A socially and economically vulnerable population of more than 90 million where over one in four families lives below the poverty line (NSCB, 2014) combines with one of the world’s most...

... presented a logistical nightmare for impacted countries. Since its inception CDEMA has been reinventing itself. Most recently (2009) it changed its name from Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) to CDEMA to better reflect its shift from disaster response to CDM. By doing so, CDEMA...

... management, this paper presents a discussion on some negative results of the still unfinished administrative decentralization process in Mexico of the last two decades. Disasters Emergency response Manmade disaster Climate Natural hazard Weather Financial instruments Insurance Economic planning...

... Emergency response Natural hazard Cognitive accuracy Network performance Emergency plan Partnerships are valued in reducing hazard risks and generating more effective disaster response (Kapucu, 2006 ; Schneider, 2005). Networks play important roles as policy instruments when dealing...

... Publishing Limited 2014 Aftercare Disasters Emergency response Intensive care Nursing partnership Operating theatre Internationally, recent disasters have resulted in significant injuries and loss of human life. Australia is no exception and has recently prepared for, and responded...

... are strongly influenced by cultural taboos. Originality/value – This is the first time that the menstrual management of women in IDP or refugee camps has been studied. Dr Alison H. Parker can be contacted at: a.parker@cranfield.ac.uk Uganda Hygiene Emergency response IDP camps Menstrual...

... Publishing Limited 2014 Aftercare Disasters Emergency response Manmade disaster The theory of political survival has proved adept at explaining the behavior of both voters and governments in the wake of disasters. Empirical evidence overwhelmingly suggests that voters are retrospective...

...-Prince were observed to be hampering the relief efforts and created specific logistic challenges, with problems ranging from situation assessment to aid delivery and identification of emergency focal points. With extremely short timeframe in emergency response and the need for instantaneous access...

... strategies (to live and to slaughter) are implementable in an outbreak. Disasters Emergency response Manmade disaster Preparedness Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) – one of the most devastating diseases affecting livestock – has not been detected in the USA since 1929 (Mohler and Rudolph, 1930...

... limited consequences in terms of injury; however, it was also perceived that the “worst” had now happened, that nothing could be this bad again (Canterbury Initiative, 2011). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Disasters Emergency response Thematic analysis Nursing Allied health...