... and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence maybe seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. Humanitarian logistics Armed conflict Siege Disaster cycle Preparedness Humanitarian response Historical...

... effectiveness (LTE) in the stage of natural disaster preparedness. Design/methodology/approach This study adapts and operationalizes a framework for the PM process used in commercial supply chains to assess HSCs. A multiple-case study with two types of actors – six HOs and three donors—is used to describe...

...Jonas Schwarz; Valentina Kascel; Muhammad Azmat; Sebastian Kummer Purpose This study aims to compare the humanitarian supply chains and logistics of two countries in earthquake preparedness by modifying and using a previously established preparedness evaluation framework. Design/methodology...

... preparedness phases of humanitarian logistics. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 27,218 households in Pueblo Rico and Dosquebradas was conducted to obtain information about disaster risk for landslides, floods and collapses. We adopted a cross entropy-based approach for the measure of disaster...

... in humanitarian assistance. However, to this date, actual initiatives for localisation are rare. To enhance understanding of the phenomenon, the authors explore localisation of logistics preparedness capacities and obstacles to its implementation. The authors particularly take the perspective of the international...

...? Preparedness Supply chain management Humanitarian logistics Cash transfer programming World humanitarian summit “Better, safer and more efficient aid” was the stated purpose of the first World Humanitarian Summit (a glossary of all acronyms can be found in Appendix). Aiming to improve humanitarian...

.... The paper provides important insights into the issues on which the government of a developing country could usefully focus attention in their approach to natural disaster preparedness and response, and it offers a conceptual model for future testing and evaluation. Building on the work of Jahre...

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