in a crisis, daily life of people is threatened by disaster. the management of the crisis is both a science and an art in which attempts are made to restore the critical situation to a normal one, not necessarily to the same conditions which existed before the crisis took place. the ability of a manager to overcome the crisis depends on his readiness before it occurs. in this review article, th...

The increased global exchange of merchandise, services, and capital is a key characteristic of the contemporary business environment. International firms position themselves to gain competitive advantage from opportunities offered in this larger and more open economic system. Similarly, governments reap rewards from firms that establish operations within their borders. There are strong argument...

Research has shown that natural disasters can be prevented or mitigated effectively through education which provides knowledge and skills for the young generation to protect themselves act community. The current study investigated level of natural-disaster-prevention literacy analyzed its predictors among high school students in Vietnam. This adopted a cross-sectional school-based design, using...

We investigate how people coped with unexpected losses caused by the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake by using an unusually rich household data. Several empirical findings emerged. We found that the coping means were specific to the nature of the loss caused by the earthquake. For example, borrowing was extensively used to recover the damages to housing, whereas dissavings were utilized to compens...

The relationship between natural disasters and communicable diseases is frequently misconstrued. The risk for outbreaks is often presumed to be very high in the chaos that follows natural disasters, a fear likely derived from a perceived association between dead bodies and epidemics. However, the risk factors for outbreaks after disasters are associated primarily with population displacement. T...

introduction vulnerability is a term used to show the amount and extent of damage and the losses caused by natural disasters in different communities (social, formal-physical, etc.). vulnerabilities is identified as the sensitivity of the environment against the hazards. from among natural disasters, earthquakes can have a vast scope of losses for desert regions. therefore, in order to reduce a...