The wicked problem of humanitarian logistics and disaster relief aid

Multicriteria Cost Assessment and Logistics Modeling for Military Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Aerial Delivery Operations

Collaborative relationships between logistics service providers and humanitarian organizations during disaster relief operations

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore barriers and benefits of establishing relationships between humanitarian organizations (HOs) and logistics service providers (LSPs) in order to improve humanitarian disaster relief operations (DROs). The perceptions of a variety of actors are explored to determine key factors which influence collaboration. Design/methodology/approach –This study...

Application of a Humanitarian Relief Logistics Model to an Earthquake Disaster

Humanitarian relief is a key operation after a disaster for people who are isolated in disaster-affected areas and cannot get basic supplies for daily living. Because the demand can be large and unexpected, an efficient humanitarian relief logistics planning becomes extremely important. In a recent paper, Lin et al. (2009) proposed a logistics model for disaster relief operations. In this paper...

Factors Associated with Nursing Activities in Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief

BACKGROUND Although nurses play an important role in humanitarian aid and disaster relief (HA/DR), little is known about the nursing activities that are performed in HA/DR. We aimed to clarify the nursing activities performed by Japanese nurses in HA/DR and to examine the factors associated with the frequency of nursing activities. METHODS A self-administered questionnaire survey was complete...

Routing disaster relief vehicles in a humanitarian supply chain

Background and objectives: The decision to allocate the optimal route for ambulances affects the success of disaster response and the safety of victims. In this paper, a multi-objective optimization model is proposed to determine the route of vehicles in response to humanitarian relief supplies.  Method: Two objective functions are formulated to improve efficiency and effectiveness. The first g...