Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 23 Issue 5

Does Belgrade (Serbia) need heat health warning system?

Gorica B. Stanojević, Aleksandra B. Spalević, Vlasta M. Kokotović, Jelena N. Stojilković

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether is Belgrade (Serbia) suitable candidate for introduction of Heat Health Warning System (HHWS). Belgrade has high population…

Contextualising typologies of environmentally induced population movement

Robert Stojanov, Ilan Kelman, Shawn Shen, Barbora Duží, Himani Upadhyay, Dmytro Vikhrov, G.J. Lingaraj, Arabinda Mishra

– The purpose of this paper is to show how typologies for environmentally induced population movement need to be understood in a contextualised manner in order to be useful.

Evaluation of an Australian nursing partnership to improve disaster response capacity

Marion Mitchell, Benjamin Mackie, Leanne M. Aitken, Loretta C. McKinnon

– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a partnership with specialized nurses from geographically disparate hospitals to provide critical support in national disasters.

How do you warn them if they speak only Spanish? Challenges for organizations in communicating risk to Colonias residents in Texas, USA

Sudha Arlikatti, Hassan A. Taibah, Simon A. Andrew

The purpose of this paper is to examine the information channels used by public and nonprofit organizations to communicate disaster risk information to Colonias residents in…

Validation of local knowledge drought forecasting systems in the Limpopo River Basin in Southern Africa

Bright Chisadza, Michael J. Tumbare, Washington R. Nyabeze, Innocent Nhapi

This research paper is informed by a study to assess performance of local knowledge drought forecasts (LKDFs) in the Mzingwane catchment which is located in the Limpopo River…

Mitigation of road traffic crash hazard in Pakistan

Muhammad Masood Rafi, Ashar Hashmat Lodi, Muhammad Arsalan Effendi

Road traffic crashes (RTCs) result in creating significant social and economic hazard for affectees, their families and society. The purpose of this paper is to present studies…

Processes of vulnerability in England? Place, poverty and susceptibility

James Lewis, Sarah A.V. Lewis

The purpose of this paper is to emphasise how vulnerability is not only “place-based” and to explore by example how vulnerability to hazards in England may comprise additional…

Perspectives on sustainability in humanitarian supply chains

Ira Haavisto, Gyöngyi Kovács

– The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for analysing how humanitarian organisations (HOs) address different expectations regarding sustainability.

Multi-agency gold incident command training for civil emergencies

John P. Wilson, Sarah Gosiewska

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it will trace, for the first time, the historical events which have progressively influenced emergency training. Second, it will…

Remote sensing based drought monitoring in Zimbabwe

Godfrey Mutowo, David Chikodzi

Drought monitoring is an important process for national agricultural and environmental planning. Droughts are normal recurring climatic phenomena that affect people and…