.... The perpetrator acted alone in what could well be described as a “no tech” act (Almog and Levinson, 2008); hence, there was no support mechanism to bring to trial. Identification Police Disasters Civilianization Israel Man‐made disasters Israel has always considered identification and burial...

...Peter Tatham; Karen Spens Purpose The aim of this paper is to offer a conceptual model and an associated taxonomy to support the development of a body of knowledge in support of the logistic response to a natural or man‐made disaster. Design/methodology/approach Based on a literature review...

.... These functional failures resulted from the information gaps that eventually contribute to the development of a tragedy. Because of the intricate interconnections among related events of a developed calamity, an integrated approach to man‐made disaster detection and prevention as well as emergency management...

... disasters, man‐made disasters, and hybrid disasters. Man‐made disasters are classified into technological disasters, transportation accidents, public places failure, and production failure. The paper presents a comparison between the main types of disasters. Findings Disasters are classified into three...

... and independent agencies. In this paper disaster types are collected from several sources such as technical, general articles, internet web sites, and internal reports. Disaster types, definitions, hazards and mitigations are reviewed. Disasters are classified into natural disasters, man‐made disasters...

..., governmental and independent agencies. Disasters are classified into natural and man‐made disasters. For an incident to be classified as a disaster, the disaster criteria should be met. Several disaster criteria have been proposed defining the disasters in terms of casualties, economic loss and environmental...

... providing information and knowledge to end‐users. The ES also can be used for classroom instructions. Ibrahim Mohamed Shaluf can be contacted at: imshaluf@yahoo.co.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Man‐made disasters Hazards Knowledge management systems Computer software...

.... The disasters have been classified into natural disasters, man‐made disasters, and subsequent disasters. The man‐made disasters have been classified into technological disasters, transportation accidents, public places failure, and production failure. Findings Disasters have been classified into natural...

...Ibrahim M. Shaluf; Fakharul‐razi Ahmadun; Sa’ari Mustapha Disasters are classified as natural and man‐made disasters. Man‐made disaster, which occurs at the major hazard installation, is a technological disaster. For an incident to be classified as technological disaster criteria are required...