Much of the gender and disaster literature calls for more gender-sensitive disaster relief and research by focusing on the ways in which women are more vulnerable in a disaster or on their unique capabilities as community leaders or natural resource managers, which are often overlooked or underutilised in emergency management strategies. As well as seeking to overcome the (strategic) essentiali...

In humanitarian relief operations (HRO), due to the excessive number of relief organizations, multiple organizational coordination is a demanding and complicated task. Considering such a problem, this paper proposes a two-phase mechanism to coordinate multiple heterogeneous relief organizations in a decentralized HRO logistics network. To address such a problem, first a bi-level mixed integer l...

In disasters such as the earthquake in Haiti and the tsunami in Japan, people used social media to ask for help or report injuries. The popularity, efficiency, and ease of use of social media has led to its pervasive use during the disaster. This creates a pool of timely reports about the disaster, injuries, and help requests. This offers an alternative opportunity for first responders and disa...

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>The initial period after the earthquake is prime time for disaster relief. During this period, it of great value to rationally locate transfer facilities relief materials and effectively arrange transportation materials. Considering characteristics two-level emergency logistics system including uncertain demand, time, multiple varieties materials, shortage sup...

The article " Misconception as a Barrier to Teaching about Disasters " by David E. Alexander reviews the extent of belief in the common myths about disaster held by students from the University of Massachusetts and three groups of trainee emergency workers from Italy. As the author noted correctly, it is an important subject, as " learning likely is to be inhibited severely when misconceptions ...

In response to the lessons and criticisms over the recent large-scale disasters and relief activities during the disasters, many government organizations around the world have recently launched initiatives to improve their disaster management capabilities. While a revision of disaster management capability may entail transformation of organizational structures, business processes, and technical...

In the past, several firefighters have died in disaster relief operations. Although were fully equipped, scene of was smoky and disorienting, making unable to identify their location. The commander wanted direct outside but could not confirm correct location firefighters, causing delays rescue. GPS cannot support indoor positioning or preset facilities at moment fire extinguishing. However, geo...

Natural disasters strike several parts of the globe at different seasons through out the year, resulting in enormous destruction of properties and untold human sufferings. Due to diverse geo-climatic conditions prevalent in different parts of the world, different types of natural disasters like floods, droughts, earthquakes, cyclones, landslides, volcanoes, etc, strike respective vulnerable are...

AIM The purpose of this qualitative study is to provide an understanding of how Chinese nurses acted in response to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. BACKGROUND The literature has reported that Chinese nurses played a key role in the Wenchuan earthquake. Although these nurses' intentions were well meaning, and they made enormous efforts to save lives, they considered that disaster relief practice...

BACKGROUND Natural disasters result in significant numbers of disabling impairments. Paradoxically, however, the traditional health system response to natural disasters largely neglects health-related rehabilitation as a strategic intervention. OBJECTIVES To examine the role of health-related rehabilitation in natural disaster relief along three lines of inquiry: (1) epidemiology of injury an...