BVI studies disaster preparednessANGELA BURNSPIPER
Under the general rubric of disaster studies and planning, the Disaster Research Center (DRC) of the Ohio State University conducted a series of studies for the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (formerly the office of Civil Defense) from 1972 through 1978 with most of the actual work being done...
As the core of emergency management,the study on emergency preparedness of urban community is of important theoretical and practical value. This paper summarizes and analyses the present researches of emergency preparedness of urban communities at home and abroad,and puts forward four aspects of study...
a fox meets me on a city street at 5 am. Two years after that, walking along the city’s canals, my eyes lock with a heron’s. A year later, a eucalyptus tree becomes my shade and respite in a disturbed city. Months later, ...
Preparedness for Urban Reconstruction Planning of Local Goverments before Urban Earthquake Disaster Considering immense damage on urban area by great earthquake,the idea of preparedness for urban reconstruction planning would be needed. We investigated th... H Murakami,H Ikeda,T Sato,... - 《Journal...
Pedestrian Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management of Mass Evacuations on Foot: State-of-the-Art and Best Practices The following article summarizes the latest state-of-the-art information and best practices for pedestrian-related disaster preparedness and emergency evac... J Ercolanoi - 《Jour...
The paper will thus focus on the portrayal of disasters through the eyes of the children highlighting their initial reaction and how they, finally, change their outlook and eventually end up saving their families and recovering from such catastrophes. Disaster preparedness/management: child agency ...
Since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994, global initiatives like the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have evolved from simple population control to a comprehensive focus on human rights, social justice, and sustainable...
In some cases, such as in Nepal, civil society, INGOs, bilateral and international donors have more or less completely taken the place of the national government in promoting and building capacity for disaster preparedness over the past 20 years (Jones et al.2016)....
Experiences from the Swedish Organization for Studies and Reports from International Disaster (KAMEDO)On 11 September 2001, two hijacked airplanes collided with the World Trade Center in New York. Both towers collapsed, spreading smoke and debris for miles. Rescue personnel arrived rapidly, but the ...