... vulnerability to natural disasters and also to tackle disaster vulnerabilities of the built environment in general. 07 11 2015 29 05 2016 28 06 2016 © Kanchana Ginige, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh 2016 Kanchana Ginige, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh Published by Emerald Group...

... by Firewise Wyoming (2003) . These activities include: Natural disasters Wildfire vulnerability Risk perception United States of America The American west has seen substantial population and development growth. This expansion has been in close proximity to natural landscapes such as forests...

... between fire‐related works and the “business as usual” works in other fast‐growing urban areas. Resource availability Housing projects Disaster recovery Victorian “Black Saturday” bushfires Natural disasters Australia Of natural hazards in Australia, bushfires are a significant threat...

... Gender Natural disasters Sri Lanka Tidal waves Women Article Type: 2012 Awards for Excellence From: Disaster Prevention and Management, Volume 22, Issue 1. The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for Disaster Prevention...

...Chien‐Yuan Chen; Wen‐Cheng Lee Purpose As a result of awareness of the increasing school accidents in recent years and severe damage to school infrastructure by Typhoon Morakot, this paper seeks to discuss the current natural disaster prevention education strategy in Taiwan and investigates...

... model Earthquake loss estimation Earthquakes Natural disasters EQ risk mitigation Risk management Earthquakes cause wide destruction in structures, lifelines, and other facilities for prepared and less prepared communities, regardless of preparedness and mitigation efforts. Therefore...

... on minimizing loss of life and suffering. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Radio frequency identification Disaster management Supply chain management Distribution management Emergency response Natural disasters Security The management of the supply chain in disaster relief...

..., tsunami and epidemics. The frequency of natural disasters in Pakistan from 1954 to 2004 indicate, that flood is the most likely happening disaster followed by earthquakes and wind storms, respectively (NDMA, 2007). Table I shows the number and effects of major geophysical and hydro‐meteorological...

... 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...

... Seismicity Tectonics Uttarakhand Hazards Zoning map Natural disasters Earthquakes The Indian subcontinent is a seismically active part of the world. Major seismic activity in India is concentrated along the geologically young and seismo‐tectonically active Himalayan arc due to the ongoing...

... communication, etc. are beneficial in many aspects of the planning and implementation of hazard reduction arrangements. Research limitations/implications Natural disasters strike countries, both developed and developing, cause enormous destruction and create human suffering, and have negative impacts...

... 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...

... the underlying meanings of “us”. For example, Expressen published the following text: This is a catastrophe that strikes Sweden personally. The usual abstract and incomprehensible death toll in natural disasters has gotten names and faces: Sofia, Kent, Clara, Sven‐Anders, Helena, Max, Markus, Per...

... University in Beaumont, Texas. This paper examines the impact Hurricane Ike, the latter of these hurricanes, had on this academic institution. This research shares valuable insight into the vulnerabilities confronting academic institutions during natural disasters and highlights the lessons learned...

... consequence models Earthquake loss estimation Earthquake risk mitigation Natural disasters Risk analysis Risk management Jordan Earthquakes could have a direct socio‐economic impact, which are crucial for study area development, along with in‐direct ones, which could span over longer timeframe...

... economic and social loss and affect human activities by stopping or interrupting the supply of resources. On a global scale, it is the natural disaster that has the most significant and the most diverse effect on human beings. The resulting psychological, economic and sociological impact can have a long...

... of stranded persons to higher ground to await their next step. However, the buses to take them elsewhere were unavailable. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Natural disasters Emergency response Poverty Drugs Race United States of America This paper adds another element...

... Natural disasters Bangladesh Because of the frequency and diversity of natural hazard events, Bangladesh is considered one of the most disaster‐prone countries in the world. There are several kinds of natural hazards that take place almost every year in the country, particularly in the coastal...

...: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Distribution management Knowledge management Supply chain management Man‐made disasters Natural disasters While information always comes at a cost, the price of poor information – or none – is higher (Maxwell and Watkins, 2003...

... their capacities into account. It also points at some of the ways in which this compromised the effectiveness and sustainability of international relief work in post‐tsunami Batticaloa. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Natural disasters Women Gender Tidal waves Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka...