Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 19 Issue 1

Study on permanent housing production after 1999 earthquake in Kocaeli (Turkey)

Murat Tas, Nilufer Tas, Nilay Cosgun

The purpose of this paper is to examine production of permanent housing in Turkey after the 1999 Marmara earthquake in terms of planning, design, and construction, and to identify…

Rockfalls: predicting high‐risk behaviour from beliefs

Helen M. Aucote, Anthony Miner, Peter Dahlhaus

The purpose of this paper is to gain an understanding of the public's beliefs, attitudes and knowledge regarding rockfalls, and to see whether these variables could predict…

Iran public education and awareness program and its achievements

Farokh Parsizadeh, Mohsen Ghafory‐Ashtiany

This paper seeks to provide a brief summary on the comprehensive earthquake education program for increasing the public awareness and preparedness for earthquake through an…

Rethinking Disasters by Design

Richard Afedzie, David A. McEntire

This paper aims to reflect on Dennis Mileti's Disasters by Design ten years after its publication and to discuss the book's contributions and limitations. It seeks to uncover how…

Development of landslide susceptibility map utilizing remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Helmi Zulhaidi Mohd Shafri, Izni Mohd Zahidi, Shamsul Abu Bakar

The purpose of this research is to produce the landslide susceptibility map of Fraser's Hill and its surroundings in Pahang (Malaysia), utilizing remote sensing data and…

Oil spill incidents and pipeline vandalization in Nigeria: Impact on public health and negation to attainment of Millennium development goal: the Ishiagu example

K.N. Aroh, I.U. Ubong, C.L. Eze, I.M. Harry, J.C. Umo‐Otong, A.E. Gobo

The purpose of this paper is to review oil spill incidents and pipeline vandalism in Nigeria between 1970 and 2006 and to examine the potential danger posed by such activities to…

Pixel‐based airborne hyperspectral sensing technique for search‐and‐rescue of the missing RMAF NURI helicopter in Genting‐Sempah, Malaysia

Hj. Kamaruzaman Jusoff

The purpose of this paper is to develop and describe a pixel‐based airborne hyperspectral remote sensing system approach for searching for missing and lost RMAF aircraft…

Flood risk management for the riverside urban areas of Hanoi: The need for synergy in urban development and risk management policies

Hoang Vinh Hung, Rajib Shaw, Masami Kobayashi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the reasons for an unusual over‐development of flood‐prone areas outside the river dyke in Hanoi, while analysing the urban development…

Landslide management: concept and philosophy

Ashish Kumar Singh

This paper aims to promote sustainable development through disaster management.

Crisis and Disaster Counselling: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina and Other Disasters

H.C. Wilson

Disaster modeling in New York

The great California shake-out

Measuring the impact of research

Rebecca Marsh

Disasters driving world migration

Costing out “The Big One”

Editorial

H.C. Wilson

Influenza planning