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Developing supply chains in disaster relief operations through cross‐sector socially oriented collaborations: a theoretical model
2009
Supply chain management
In this context, relief refers to "the emergency food, shelter and services provided in the immediate aftermath of a natural or man-made disaster" (Thomas, 2003b: 4) and often entails a foreign intervention ...
Predictions suggest the number of natural and human-made disasters will increase five-fold in the next 50 years (Thomas and Kopczak, 2005) ; hence, the need for efficient disaster relief operations is ...
doi:10.1108/13598540910942019
fatcat:5dp55fjunng5dlnh6vhu7d3qbm
Managing supply chains in times of crisis: a review of literature and insights
2009
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management
Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to review the literature to describe the current practices and research trends in managing supply chains in crisis. ...
Originality/value -To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first literature review in the area of managing supply chains during crisis that looks at both SCM and operations research/management ...
The authors would like to thank Drs William Sawaya and Manoj Vanajakumari and the reviewers for their comments that helped to improve this paper. ...
doi:10.1108/09600030910996251
fatcat:2nrqa6s2gzg3fnox6gx5zccbpq
Developing Information For Disaster And Risk Management In Public Universities Of Kenya: An Emerging Role Of Information Professionals
2017
Zenodo
Disaster management is the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response, and recovery in ...
face the pressure to professionalize; explore the world of risk, trust, and the distribution of power to allow confrontation and flow of information as they gather daily intelligence on acts of disasters ...
found that disasters can be classified into three types: (a) Natural; (b) Man-made; and (c) Hybrid. ...
doi:10.5281/zenodo.1465698
fatcat:s5dmcbaeavhqbfvque42vjmq54
DISASTER MANAGEMENT POLICIES IN NEPAL: CURRENT STATUS AND WAY FORWARD
2022
Zenodo
One of the key aspects of the DRRM Act 2017 is the provision for forming community-based Disaster Preparedness and Response Committees. ...
Importantly, it is also highlighted that the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act 2017 is the milestone in the DRRM section in Nepal. ...
The objectives of the Tenth Plan on natural and man-made disaster management were to make public life secure by managing the natural and man-made disasters systematically and effectively and by making ...
doi:10.5281/zenodo.6026637
fatcat:sgmu5u7v4zhgrpiyfb56ssosii
Communities communicating with formal and informal systems: Being more resilient in times of need
2010
Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Gaston Armour is the statewide emergency preparedness coordinator in the Illinois Department of Human Services, Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness. ...
Today businesses, local governments and citizens are more aware of the impact that natural and man-made disasters can have on our daily lives and activities within a few hours or even a few minutes. ...
Individuals and families are experiencing more distress today than ever before in their communities due to the contracting American economy as well as the prevailing natural and man-made threats. ...
doi:10.1002/bult.2010.1720360510
fatcat:5ucv5kumefgk7lysism56cwz7m
Rules of General Scope in Order to Be Prepared to Deal with CBRN Emergency Situations
[chapter]
2022
International Law and Chemical, Biological, Radio-Nuclear (CBRN) Events
This is an open access chapter distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. ...
on Collaboration in Emergency Assistance and Emergency Response to Natural and Man-made Disasters (1998), the Nordic Public Health Preparedness Agreement (2002) and the Agreement Between the Governments ...
international support and assistance in case of natural or man-made disaster.51 For an example, see the Agreement Among the Governments of the Participating States of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation ...
doi:10.1163/9789004507999_005
fatcat:5hdapbiu5fa6lluxjoygb5vlbe
From disaster relief to disaster risk reduction: a consideration of the evolving international relief mechanism
2008
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa
The early years of international disaster relief are discussed and it is shown how a change in this system was necessitated by a variety of factors and international disasters, which exposed its weakness ...
The article argues that disaster relief and development aid were inextricably linked and it is this linkage which provided a catalyst for questioning the manner in which relief, and development assistance ...
UNDRO was initially created with a mandate to respond to natural disasters, but quickly expanded to include so called "man-made" disasters as well (UN Chronicle, 1985) . ...
doi:10.4102/td.v4i2.158
fatcat:gtiqoe4pqnfihoop73a775xuhy
DAM RELATED DISASTER FRAMEWORK FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
2020
PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL
In practice, this framework poses as an interactive and cohesive community approach to face dam related disasters (DRD) which will enhance overall response in disaster risk reduction programs. ...
To address this issue, a clear objective and approach are required to help the community, authorities and government to enhance preparedness and response in case of disaster. ...
caused by natural and man-made hazards and related environmental, technological and biological (Oxley, 2013) . ...
doi:10.21837/pm.v18i14.837
fatcat:2g32nfqwyzeajaipl6abdbwfmy
Strategic planning for disaster relief logistics: lessons from supply chain management
2009
International Journal of Services Sciences
In this article, we concentrate on the strategic planning stage and build an integrated logistics model based on elements of supply chain management theory. ...
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Altay, N., Prasad, S. and Sounderpandian, J. (2009) 'Strategic planning for disaster relief logistics: lessons from supply chain management', Int. ...
The authors would like to thank Saroj Kumar Jha, Senior Infrastructure Specialist, Hazard Risk Management Team at The World Bank Group for insights into disaster relief logistics. ...
doi:10.1504/ijssci.2009.024937
fatcat:p6g3ip3kazcvxbtqjvr47yaqqq
Disharmonization of Logistic Management and Regulation of Natural Disaster in Indonesia: A Collaborative Governance Perspective
2021
Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University
This research is at the ontological level of implementing logistic disaster management that is very significant in reducing the risk of natural disaster in Indonesia. ...
regarding regulations and sanctions in natural disaster management that were carried out deliberately, and balance the provision of disaster management. ...
A disaster is a natural or man-made event, sudden and progressive, which has a great impact so that the affected community must respond to the extraordinary actions [11] . ...
doi:10.35741/issn.0258-2724.56.3.29
fatcat:p744mdqkh5gjdc6jccbu75cmpm
CHALLENGES OF USING DRONES AND VIRTUAL/AUGMENTED REALITY FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
2019
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
</strong> Natural and man-made disasters can severely destroy environments and they make conditions difficult to access the affected areas and to provide assistance. ...
These can also facilitate the location of people in need, and can survey constructions to find critical damages.</p> ...
Applicability of Virtual Reality in Education and Business", Grant № NID NI-22/2017. ...
doi:10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-3-w8-437-2019
fatcat:nxfvpknvvjfafg3rm3llpg3oku
Empowerment of Disaster Affected Farmers – A Comprehensive Study on Developing Feasible Strategies for Empowering Thane Affected Cashew Growers in Cuddalore District of Tamil Nadu, India
2017
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences
The major victim of any natural or man-made disaster is agriculture and people who are dependent on it for their livelihood (Fig. 2) . ...
The primary data was collected during November, 2014.Based on the survey experience of the researcher and the interaction with stakeholders of Thane relief management officials, suitable strategies were ...
doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2017.611.469
fatcat:6krcf6oorncdhpshjuep5dydd4
An Investigation into Organisation Capacity for National Disaster Management in Zimbabwe: The Case of the Department of Civil Protection
2021
International Journal of Humanities Management and Social Science
Across the globe, disasters – both natural and man-made – have threatened humanity. ...
This research sought to investigate the Department of Civil Protection's (DCP) capacity in national disaster management. ...
Introduction The Across the global spectrum, disasters -both natural and man-made -have threatened humanity. ...
doi:10.36079/lamintang.ij-humass-0401.207
fatcat:rqsqfjdggrf5dk4uulofegh2a4
Disaster Management Discourse in Bangladesh: A Shift from Post-Event Response to the Preparedness and Mitigation Approach Through Institutional Partnerships
[chapter]
2013
Approaches to Disaster Management - Examining the Implications of Hazards, Emergencies and Disasters
Acknowledgments
MFDM, DMB and DRR ...
For example, the Disaster Management Act of 1998 acknowledges the capacity of affected populations [15] : "An event, natural or man-made, sudden or progressive, that seriously disrupts the functioning ...
The strategic focus of the CDMP was to lay the foundation for the shift in principle from a post-disaster relief and response strategy towards a comprehensive risk minimization culture that encouraged ...
doi:10.5772/54973
fatcat:isvvo4t4pbdidmtti3skmcvjq4
LOCALIZING DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
2019
International Journal of Social Sciences
It is recommended that such 'disaster preparedness' culture should be continued through regular and strict monitoring in the implementation of the DRRM plan and initiate more efforts relating to disaster ...
Creation of awareness among people living in disaster-prone areas of the imminent risk they face and how best to respond when it occurs can be done through a broad range of avenues to enhance local people's ...
and the enhancement of capabilities to prevent, protect, mitigates the effects of natural disaster, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disaster (Kruger et.al., 2017) . ...
doi:10.20472/ss2019.8.1.003
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