... and organizational insufficiencies can undermine the quality of the decision-making process. Originality/value This study emphasizes important decision factors or processes in the dynamic handling of heavy rainfall at the frontline, which may contribute to risk management, public administration and resilience...

..., during the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), also known as the Fukushima or Tohoku earthquake, many municipal governments were damaged by the Disaster, causing a significant delay in emergency response and recovery. Disaster risk management includes four phases: mitigation, preparedness, recovery...

... 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Tsunami Risk management Risk assessment Fire Risk perception Risk and vulnerability In as succinct a way as may be useful, this paper describes how risk, as exposure to the chance...

... to environmental and societal risks is expected to increase in coming decades with encompassing new challenges such as demographic changes and conflicting uses of space, both on land and at sea. Meeting these challenges will require a shift toward an understanding of risk management as a social process, marking...

... Resilienz Edited by  Fekete , A. and Hufschmidt , G. TH Köln and Universität Bonn 2016 173pp. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only --> Resistance Vulnerability Risk management The Atlas of Vulnerability...

... and usefulness of the tool (see the Appendix). Disaster preparedness Risk management Health communication Public health practice © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Dr Daniela B. Friedman can be contacted at: dfriedma@mailbox.sc.edu To conduct the evaluation, the four selected...

.... An SME owner-manager’s recent experience of an acute business interruption is positively related to threat orientation. Dr Brahim Herbane can be contacted at: bhcor@dmu.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 UK SMEs Risk management Business continuity Acute business...

...Erik Stig Persson; Lars Nyberg; Inge Svedung Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how local early warning systems (EWSs) for floods are established at the municipality level in Sweden. The study also aims to analyse the role of EWSs in a risk management context. The overall purpose...

... 326 pp. 978-3-631-61096-1 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 --> Anthropology Politics Risk management Vulnerability resilience A disaster is inherently a political process. Many disciplines conducting disaster research, including anthropology, take...

... Hotels Culture Jordan Risk management Tourism development has the potential to impact almost every aspect in a society, both positively and negatively (Byrd, 2007). The global tourism environment is increasingly becoming complex and unstable, making hotels vulnerable to a wide range of risks...

... Disasters Disaster risk reduction Risk management Socio‐economic development Infrastructure reconstruction Millennium development goals The infrastructure stock of a country makes a significant contribution to the social and economic aspects of that country when they are formed, operated...

... future changes. It is exemplified here by the need to link disaster risk reduction (DRR) with climate change adaptation (CCA) and flood risk management (FRM). The concept answers to the variety of adopted solutions and build-up of knowledge that exist, as a consequence of far-reaching local liabilities...

... be of great benefit in situations similar to this. Natural disasters Disaster prevention education Education and school safety Risk identification and assessment Risk management Education Schools Taiwan Natural hazards including storms, earthquakes, drought, volcanic eruption...

..., involving only one administrative level may open up for biases if different administrative levels have different views on the capacities of the system in total. Capacity development Capacity assessment Disaster risk reduction Climate change adaptation Global warming Risk management Disasters...

... Forests Fire Risk management Taradevi forest range of Shimla Forest Division (Himachal Pradesh) has been taken for the current study, having an area of 1564.90 ha and spatial extent lies between 76°59′12.66′′E to 77°11′16.96′′E and 31°01′15.59′′N to 31°10′45.42′′N (Figure 1). The area has...

... and resources to damage from natural hazards” (NOAA, 2006). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Disasters Vulnerability Liabilities Capabilities Risk Risk management Susceptibility Resistance and resilience Environmental management According to David Alexander (2006...

.... Naill M. Momani can be contacted at: momani@gwu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Earthquake consequence model Earthquake loss estimation Earthquakes Natural disasters EQ risk mitigation Risk management Earthquakes cause wide destruction in structures, lifelines...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Disasters Vulnerability Liabilities Capabilities Risk management Susceptibility Resistance and resilience According to David Alexander (2006 , p. 2), “vulnerability is a greater determinant of disaster than hazards themselves”. Research...

... consequence models Earthquake loss estimation Earthquake risk mitigation Natural disasters Risk analysis Risk management Jordan Earthquakes cause wide destruction in structures, lifelines and other facilities for prepared and les prepared communities, regardless of preparedness and mitigation...

... and radio public service announcements provided students with a concrete example of message and campaign development regarding disaster preparedness. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Disaster preparedness Health and risk communication Public health Graduates Risk management...