Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 23 Issue 2

Progress or repetition? Gender perspectives in disaster management in Japan

Yoko Saito

The purpose of this paper is to review research on gender and disasters in Japan, from the Kobe Earthquake to the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE). Gender perspectives were not…

Perception of delayed environmental risks: beyond time discounting

Yang Liu, Charlene Xie, Shengxiang She

The purpose of this research is to explore the effect of time delay on the perception of environmental risks beyond time discounting, and thus provide a reference for effective…

Disaster management and climate change adaptation: a remote island perspective

Ingrid Johnston

The purpose of this paper is to provide a perspective on disaster management and climate change adaptation often left out of the literature – that of a remote outer island in…

Use of comic strips in teaching earthquakes to kindergarten children

Justin Sharpe, Yasamin O. Izadkhah

Up to now, no extensive work has addressed the capacity and resiliency of pre-school children, nor the importance of extending disaster preparedness education to them. The purpose…

Improving efficiency for post-disaster transitional housing in Indonesia: An exploratory case study

Nie-Jia Yau, Ming-Kuan Tsai, Eryani Nurma Yulita

Natural hazards occur frequently in Indonesia. When post-disaster recovery is prolonged and complicated, it is necessary to provide accommodations for homeless refugees in…

Construction in Barbados: keeping natural hazards in mind?

Ksenia Chmutina, Lee Bosher

Employing a case study of Barbados, the purpose of this paper is to highlight key stakeholders involved in the construction sector, discusses the roles of construction…

Comparative study on teacher training for school disaster management in Armenia and Japan

Koichi Shiwaku

Teacher training is significant for effective school disaster management. The purposes of this paper are: first, to set items for analysis of teacher training program of Armenia…