.... The research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Disaster Information Management Systems (DIMS) in facilitating post-disaster assessments and to identify key barriers and opportunities for improvement. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research approach was employed, incorporating an online...

... Residential buildings Natural disasters Information management Recent disasters have resulted in thousands of deaths, such as the Marmara earthquake in 1999 and the Haiti earthquake in 2010 (Unlu et al., 2010 ; BBC News, 2010). In the case of an earthquake, the probability of rescuing...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Communication processes Information management Earthquakes Risk management Civic communications designed to encourage preventive action vary in their effectiveness. A key aspect of these communications that affects responses is the framing...

... are examples of co‐ordination strategies that increase information processing capacity. Summing up, Galbraith provides us with the following co‐ordination mechanisms: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Information management Emergency services Peace The Netherlands Afghanistan...

... Limited 1994 Crises Crisis planning Disaster planning Emergency services Information management Local government Departmental liaison officers will be allocated clerical assistants to support them in their extremely busy roles. Departmental liaison officers would normally be senior...