... knowledge and insight into the preparedness and response needs of people who live with a chronic illness. This is an under-research area in disaster management in Aotearoa New Zealand. Originality/value Routine medical treatment for people living with chronic illness can be disrupted by natural hazard...

... and disaster. Race, ethnicity and vulnerability are issues deeply entangled with American disaster preparedness and response. In this study, the authors hope to illuminate the threads which bind them together and contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between race, ethnicity, class...

... Preparedness Risk reduction The Caribbean area has been described as one of the regions in the world that are most susceptible to natural hazards (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), 2014), and its island states have repeatedly suffered losses from extreme natural hazard events...

... Preparation Preparedness Prevention The notion that a disaster cannot happen without people being affected is often traced back to Rousseau (1756) . That is, environmental events, processes and phenomena (often termed “hazards”) exist, yet within many definitions, a disaster occurs only when...

...Sharon Torstonson; Denise Blake; Darrin Hodgetts; David M. Johnston Purpose The purpose of this research is to highlight the role of not-for-profit (NFP) organisations in enhancing disaster preparedness. The authors set out to understand their perspectives and practices in regard to disaster...

...Joseph Kimuli Balikuddembe Purpose This paper attempts to discuss the synergies between the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and Ebola preparedness and response – with a specific outlook about how the five (5) targets in SDG.3 can be prioritized and integrated into the measures taken against...

... an active role in its pursuit. Emergency managers were generally receptive to the idea, but they largely saw the value as restricted to raising public awareness about hazards and individual preparedness measures; and they mostly envisioned for themselves a minimal role in event planning and execution...

...Reidar Staupe-Delgado; Bjørn Ivar Kruke Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the contingency approach to disaster preparedness inhibits proactive management of slow-onset disasters, such as El Niño, with the purpose of advancing disaster risk theory. Design/methodology...

... overall, despite respondents living in established high risk locations. Originality/value This study provides evidence for the current levels of preparedness in high risk bushfire communities, and emphasises the need for future initiatives to focus on specific bushfire preparation activities but also...

... and terrorism. However, there is a gap in understanding how epidemic risk is integrated into DRM at the community-level. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – TACTIC adopts a participatory case study approach examining preparedness for multiple hazard types (floods...

... preparedness and response initiatives and demonstrate the possible value of pre-disaster community preparedness activities. Consequently, this work is of use to academics interested in the role of community following disasters, as well as emergency management practitioners interested in possible pathways...

...Meltem Oral; Aynil Yenel; Elif Oral; Nazan Aydin; Tarik Tuncay Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure and compare the level of earthquake preparedness of individuals living in Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, evaluate whether prior earthquake experience has an impact on earthquake...

... 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...

... levels: individual (restricted routines, unprepared for “out of focus” events); organizational (regulations, training) and political (lack of public preparedness for disaster in underground traffic systems; and restrictions on large‐scale training). Research limitations/implications Interviewees have...