... Hernández can be contacted at: maria.hernandez@ua.es © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Disasters Floods Natural hazard Spain Adaptive capacity Emergency response Manmade disaster Exposure Floods remain the single natural hazards causing the largest economic and social...

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

... 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 to disasters have typically been coordinated by local and national government agencies (Kapucu, 2007...

... and preconceived perceptions; their memories and remembered experiences. It can thus operate as an interface between long term, customary practices and institutions on the one hand, and individual strategic choices on the other. Indonesia Manmade disaster Heterogeneity Natural hazard Risk behaviour Slum...

... and then, based on the logic of inductive reason, superimposed the maps over each other to create the necessary suitability maps for each land use (McHarg, 1969). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Manmade disaster Delta urbanism Flood management Layer approach Storm water Urban drainage...

..., of which, 140 for earthquake, 100 million for tropical storms in the Pacific coast and, the remaining 75 million, for Atlantic hurricanes. The cumulative premium paid during the period 2009-2012 was equivalent to 95 million (SHCP, 2013 ; OECD, 2013). Disasters Emergency response Manmade disaster...

... their frequency will not change significantly (Martinez Austria, 2007). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Climate change Disasters Mexico Manmade Disaster Natural hazard Hydrometeorological hazards This paper examines some of the potential effects of climate change such as floods...

... for government responses to disasters in democracies, does not have as much explanatory power when it comes to the behavior of governments during the 2009 pandemic. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Aftercare Disasters Emergency response Manmade disaster The theory of political...

... of US FMD vaccine stockpiling, and an indicator that the USA had shifted from an exclusive stamping-out strategy to one that would consider stamping-out with vaccinate to kill. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Disasters Emergency response Manmade disaster Preparedness...

... Aftercare Disasters Emergency response Manmade disaster The Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, in which 185 people died and thousands were injured or made homeless, devastated Christchurch's city centre and surrounding suburbs. They severely damaged the region's landscape and infrastructure...

... for an aftermath subject to physical and psychological shock. James Lewis can be contacted at: datum@gn.apc.org © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Manmade disaster Second World War Resilience Wittenberge Disasters United Kingdom Germany This case study of processes towards...