Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Volume 8 Issue 4 , Open Access
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Feeding the bottleneck: airport congestion during relief operations
Michael Veatch, Jarrod GoentzelScheduling the airlift of relief supplies into a damaged or small airport during a crisis is complex yet crucial. The volume of cargo and flights can temporarily overwhelm the…
Emergency evacuation planning in natural disasters under diverse population and fleet characteristics
Evangelia Baou, Vasilis P. Koutras, Vasileios Zeimpekis, Ioannis MinisThe purpose of this paper is to formulate and solve a new emergency evacuation planning problem. This problem addresses the needs of both able and disabled persons who are…
Logistics system for drinking water distribution in post disaster humanitarian relief, Al-Za’atari camp
Hazem Smadi, Nader Al Theeb, Haneen Bawa’nehIt is essential to provide drinking water to affected population directly after a disaster. The purpose of this paper is to develop an optimization methodology that helps in the…
Servitization as a competitive difference in humanitarian logistics
Graham Heaslip, Gyöngyi Kovács, David B. GrantThe purpose of this paper is to present a literature review and conceptual consideration of servitization in humanitarian logistics (HL) and provide a research agenda for HL…
Delivering in a moving world…looking to our supply chains to meet the increasing scale, cost and complexity of humanitarian needs
Rebecca Lewin, Maria Besiou, Jean-Baptiste Lamarche, Stephen Cahill, Sara Guerrero-GarciaThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of the humanitarian supply chain (HSC) as the backbone of the humanitarian operations. It further proposes feasible ways…
Dynamic resource allocation and coordination for high-load crisis volunteer management
Christopher Garcia, Ghaith Rabadi, Femida HandyEvery year volunteers play a crucial role in disaster responses around the world. Volunteer management is known to be more complex than managing a paid workforce, and this is only…
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open accessEditors:
- Dr Nezih Altay
- Prof Gyöngyi Kovács