Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Preparedness of Visually Disabled People

System Architecture for Earthquake, Tsunami Preparedness and Warning

Humanity is always under the threat of earthquakes. Anatolian peninsula is one of the well-known area which amongst the areas endangered by earthquakes. During the history many dramatic examples have been occurred. In these earthquakes many people either died or have been injured. In addition, lots of damage in this area has been occurred. More west, in the Sea of Marmara, these earthquakes hav...

A Physical Rehabilitation Model for Disabled, Elderly and Injured in Emergency Situations (earthquake)

Objective and Backgrounds: Children, elderly and people with disabilities are mainly affected by damages in any accident or natural disasters. The people with disabilities are neglected in every phase of crisis management evidently. This negligence is more significant in emergencies, specially the need for rehabilitation of these people during 72 hours after earthquake. Method: In this paper, ...

Computational Earthquake and Tsunami Research

U nderstanding and mitigating the effects of disasters requires the integration of research and practice in multiple science, engineering, technology, and social science fields to create a world that’s more resilient in terms of public safety, economic strength, and collective welfare. The January/February 2011 issue of CiSE explored hurricane prediction.1 Hurricanes are one of many natural dis...

Emergency preparedness and response for disabled individuals: implications of recent litigation.

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Emergency preparedness and disability.