Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 20 Issue 4
Strapline:
An International JournalTable of contents
Morphometry of landslides in Garhwal Himalaya, India
Ravinder Singh, Ravindra K. PandeThe purpose of this paper is to introduce a simple and convenient method for the landslides study.
Moral hazard and adverse selection in Chinese construction tender market: A case of Wenchuan earthquake
Dehai Liu, Weijun Xu, Hongyi Li, Weiguo Zhang, Weiguo WangThe purpose of this paper is to understand the root cause of a large number of quality problems in the current Chinese construction market.
Denture marking: a mandatory procedure to aid forensic identification
Jacob John, Shani Ann Mani, Phrabhakaran Nambiar, Habesah SulaimanThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the significance of placing identification marks on dentures.
Social learning in managing disasters in Malaysia
Ruhizal Roosli, Geoff O’BrienThe purpose of this paper is to argue that there is still much scope for improvement in planning and training, for both actors and disaster victims, in the front line of disaster…
Role‐specific psychological requirements in preparing public transportation staff for disaster response
Gesine Hofinger, Robert Zinke, Stefan StrohschneiderHuman behavior significantly determines the scale of impact of hazardous situations. If crisis situations are highly dynamic, they can only be managed successfully if both…
Disaster recovery considerations for academic institutions
Dominic M. BegganThe purpose of this paper is to examine how an academic institution may more effectively respond to a disaster. In this particular situation the issues are being investigated in…
Whose risks? Gender and the ranking of hazards
Per BeckerThe purpose of this paper is to examine if gendered differences in risk perception automatically mean that women and men rank the hazards of their community differently, focusing…
Measuring economic impacts of drought: a review and discussion
Ya Ding, Michael J. Hayes, Melissa WidhalmThe purpose of this paper is to provide useful information for members of the weather community and policy makers, to help them understand the full scope of drought economic…
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0965-3562Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr JC Gaillard
- Dr Emmanuel Raju