About the author: I am a developmental and behavioral pediatrician at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (the only medical school in the state), where I have been for the last 25 years. Since Katrina, my location has remained the same, but I have traveled more than ever to the Gulf Coast to help where needed in both a service and teaching capacity. For the American Academy of Pediatri...

Efficient management of humanitarian relief chains (HRC) is crucial due to the increasing number and intensity of natural disasters around the globe. In this paper, a fuzzy scenario-based stochastic programming (FSBSP) model is proposed for HRC-related logistical problems which are characterized by inherent uncertainty in their input data. The FSBSP model is an extension to an existing stochast...

The paper aims to study a multi-period maximal covering location problem with the configuration of different types facilities, as an extension classical (MCLP). proposed model can have applications such locating disaster relief hospitals, and chain supermarkets. facilities are supposed be comprised various units, called modules. modules sizes transfer between during planning horizon according d...

Being prepared for potential disaster scenarios enables government agencies and humanitarian organizations to respond effectively once the hits. In literature, two-stage stochastic programming models are commonly employed develop preparedness plans before anticipated disasters. These can be very difficult solve as complexity increases with several sources of uncertainty interdependent decisions...

During disaster times, we need specific information to rapidly plan a disaster response, especially in sudden-onset disasters. Due to the inadequate capacity of Routine Health Information Systems (RHIS), many developing countries face a lack of quality pre-disaster health-related data and efficient post-disaster data processes in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Considering the significan...

Information about location and geographical coordinates in particular, may be very important during a crisis event, especially for search and rescue operations – but currently geo-tagged tweets are extremely rare. Improved capabilities of capturing additional location from Twitter (up to 4 times improvement) are crucial for response efforts given a vast amount of messages exchanged during a cri...

Do natural disasters help or hurt politicians’ electoral fortunes? Research on this question has produced conflicting results. Achen and Bartels (2002, 2016) find that voters punish incumbent politicians indiscriminately a er such disasters. Other studies find that voters incorporate the quality of relief e orts by elected o icials. We argue that results in this literature may be driven, in par...

This paper presents an in-depth analysis of women earthquake survivors during and after the 2015 in Nepal by looking at women's experience evacuation, relief, recovery. In particular, it examines how gender intersects with socio-economic factors such as citizenship, caste, ethnicity, income, debt, location to shape disaster experience. It concerns a real-time ethnography: one authors is survivo...

Emergencies cause uncertainty in supply chain environment and risks of disruption. Mitigating such emergency relies on efficient relief material distribution, the distribution logistics system, facility location interacts with allocation clearly. This paper aims to provide a collaborative optimization for temporary centers, objectives minimizing rescue time maximizing demand satisfaction rate. ...

The purpose of this paper is to review recent developments to use RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) for supply chain logistics in the construction industry and identify potential applications of this technology for disaster recovery in construction operations. Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and extreme weather conditions can cause significant damage to local communities and disruptio...