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Improving Disaster Management

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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2007-06-01

Improving Disaster Management written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-01 with Computers categories.

Information technology (IT) has the potential to play a critical role in managing natural and human-made disasters. Damage to communications infrastructure, along with other communications problems exacerbated the difficulties in carrying out response and recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina. To assist government planning in this area, the Congress, in the E-government Act of 2002, directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to request the NRC to conduct a study on the application of IT to disaster management. This report characterizes disaster management providing a framework for considering the range and nature of information and communication needs; presents a vision of the potential for IT to improve disaster management; provides an analysis of structural, organizational, and other non-technical barriers to the acquisition, adoption, and effective use of IT in disaster; and offers an outline of a research program aimed at strengthening IT-enabled capabilities for disaster management.

Handbook Of Disaster Policies And Institutions

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Author : John W. Handmer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013

Handbook Of Disaster Policies And Institutions written by John W. Handmer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Business & Economics categories.

Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsuited to the emerging scales of the problems they confront, and the lack of institutional capacity to implement planning and prevention or to manage disasters. This book seeks to overcome this mismatch and to guide development of a more strategic policy and institutional framework. This updated and revised second edition includes new coverage of climate change adaptation, which has rapidly become central to disaster and emergency planning and management. This is an essential handbook for practitioners across the world seeking to improve the quality, robustness and capacity of their disaster management mechanisms.

Improving Disaster Resilience And Mitigation It Means And Tools

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Author : Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-09-08

Improving Disaster Resilience And Mitigation It Means And Tools written by Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-08 with Computers categories.

The focus of this volume is comprised of the fundamentals, models, and information technologies (IT) methods and tools for disaster prediction and mitigation. A more detailed list of topics includes mathematical and computational modeling of processes leading to or producing disasters, modeling of disaster effects, IT means for disaster mitigation, including data mining tools, knowledge-based and expert systems for use in disaster circumstances, GIS-based systems for disaster prevention and mitigation and equipment for disaster-prone areas. A specific type or class of disasters (natural or human-made), however will not be part of the main focus of this work. Instead, this book was conceived to offer a comprehensive, integrative view on disasters, seeking to determine what various disasters have in common. Because disaster resilience and mitigation involve humans, societies and cultures, not only technologies and economic models, special attention was paid in this volume to gain a comprehensive view on these issues, as a foundation of the IT tool design.

Improving Disaster Management

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Author : Committee on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-05-01

Improving Disaster Management written by Committee on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-01 with categories.

Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Ii

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Author : C. A. Brebbia
language : en
Publisher: WIT Press
Release Date : 2011

Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Ii written by C. A. Brebbia and has been published by WIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Nature categories.

The increase in the number of large-scale natural disasters in recent years has been alarming.Major fl oods, hurricanes, earthquakes and many others have affected millions of people, with great destruction of property and loss of life, while forest fires, pipeline failures, and bombings have had equally devastating affects over a smaller scale. It is clear that future threats stem both from human failures and from terrorism, as well as from less predictable natural phenomena. The increased threats make the convening of the Second International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health Risk important for the sharing of knowledge among experts on public health, security, and disaster management. This book contains their contributions to the conference. Topics covered will include Emergency preparedness; Risk mitigation; Natural disasters; Man-made disasters; Learning from disasters; Disaster analysis, monitoring and mitigation; Global risks and health; Pandemic and biological threats; Surveillance and early warning systems; Public health preparedness; Socio-economic issues; and Service sustainability.

Disaster Management And Human Health Risk

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Author : Kirsty Duncan
language : en
Publisher: WIT Press
Release Date : 2009

Disaster Management And Human Health Risk written by Kirsty Duncan and has been published by WIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Nature categories.

Today the world faces unparalleled threats from human-made disasters that can be attributed to failure of industrial and energy installation as well as to terrorism. Added to this is the unparalleled threat of emerging and re-emerging diseases, with scientists predicting events such as an influenza pandemic.

Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Iv

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Author : S.M. Sener
language : en
Publisher: WIT Press
Release Date : 2015-05-20

Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Iv written by S.M. Sener and has been published by WIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-20 with Nature categories.

As human population has continued to concentrate in urban areas, the number of people and the value of property affected by disasters, both natural and human-generated, have grown as well. Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, and forest fires have all taken their toll so have such anthropogenic disasters as pipeline failures, industrial spills, and terrorist attacks. The contents of this volume consist of papers presented at the fourth in a series of conferences convened to assess the potential risk from various disasters and discuss ways to prevent or mitigate damage. The papers have been contributed by experts on public health, security, and disaster management from academia, industry, and government. Topics covered include Disaster Analysis; Disaster Monitoring and Mitigation; Emergency Preparedness; Risk Mitigation; Risk and Security; Safety and Resilience; Socio-economic Issues; Health Risk; Human Factors; Multi-hazard Risk Assessment; Case Studies.

Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Vi Reducing Risk Improving Outcomes

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Author : G. Passerini
language : en
Publisher: WIT Press
Release Date : 2019-12-04

Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Vi Reducing Risk Improving Outcomes written by G. Passerini and has been published by WIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-04 with Nature categories.

This volume encompasses latest research presented on the 6th edition of the Disaster Management Conference. The research published in this book is contributed by academics and experts on public health, security and disaster management in order to assess the potential risk from various disasters and discuss ways to prevent or alleviate damage.

Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Iii

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Author : C. A. Brebbia
language : en
Publisher: WIT Press
Release Date : 2013-06-01

Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Iii written by C. A. Brebbia and has been published by WIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-01 with Nature categories.

An increasing number of large-scale natural disasters have affected millions of people in recent years. Major earthquakes, floods, And hurricanes, have caused great destruction of property and loss of life, while forest fires, pipeline failures, and bombings have created equally devastating affects on a smaller scale. The increased threats are the topic of the Third International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health Risk, convened so that experts on public health, security, and disaster management could share information. This book contains the papers presented at the conference. Topics covered include Disaster analysis; Disaster monitoring and mitigation; Emergency preparedness; Risk mitigation; Risk and security; Safety and resilience; Socio-economic issues; Biological threats; Learning from disasters.

Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Vii

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Author : G. Passerini
language : en
Publisher: WIT Press
Release Date : 2022-01-18

Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Vii written by G. Passerini and has been published by WIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-18 with Nature categories.

Research presented at the 7th International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes is contained in this volume. These contributions from academics and experts focus on public health, security and disaster management with the goal to assess the potential risk from various types of disaster and highlight ways to prevent or alleviate any damage. There is a need for academia and practitioners to exchange knowledge and experience on the way to handle the increasing risk of natural and human-made disasters. Recent major earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods and other natural phenomena have resulted in huge losses in terms of human life and property destruction. A new range of human-made disasters have afflicted humanity in modern times; terrorist activities have been added to more classical disasters such as those due to the failure of industrial installations for instance. It is important to understand the nature of these global risks to be able to develop strategies to prepare for these events and plan effective responses in terms of disaster management and the associated human health impacts. The papers included in this volume cover such topics as Disaster analysis; Disaster monitoring and mitigation; Emergency preparedness; Risk mitigation; Security decision making; Community recovery and resilience; Socio-economic issues; Public health risk; Disaster psychology; Human factors; Multi-hazard risk assessment; Crisis and communication; Learning from disasters; Terrorism and man-made disasters; Business and service continuity; Disaster risk reduction (DRR); New technologies and tools for disaster evaluation; Disaster governance policies; Environmental issues; Recovery and restoration; Disaster modelling; Surveillance and remote sensing; Disaster response.

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