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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Disaster Planning"”.
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Neighbourhood disaster planning
… into plans, concentrating on process planning to encourage creative and innovative thought, simplifying the disaster plan through the use of an all-hazard, all-phase framework, and raising the profile and status of the emergency profession. One of the major problems in the disaster …
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Fiscal guidelines for disaster planning
… purpose of the study was to develop a model disaster plan to assist practicing school administrators in being prepared for fiscal loss impacts after major man-made or natural disasters.Procedure UsedThe study was limited to agencies, persons, and materials relating to fiscal losses resulting …
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Evolving technologies for disaster planning in U.S. Cities
… agencies - particularly within the field of disaster management. This paper draws on the evolution of disaster research, the history of disaster management in the US, literature on emerging uses of social media technology, and interviews from 24 emergency management offices in the US to …
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Hospital disaster planning in the Western Cape : are we ready for 2010?
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-72).
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Medical and public health considerations in U.S. national disaster planning--The \"All-Hazards\" approach
… many threats in this modern era, from natural disasters such as hurricanes to man-made disasters such as bioterrorism. Over the past 10 years, our disaster preparedness and response have evolved, though many shortcomings are still evident. Public health and medical considerations pose a …
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Relationship Building and Pre-Disaster Planning: Effective Strategies for Rural Resilience Following the 2016 West Virginia Floods
… Rural communities face challenges to disaster recovery, but they can also benefit from increased social capital and population homogeneity that reduces cultural and language barriers and has the potential to improve coordination and collaboration. Financial and coordination barriers, …
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Disaster cognition and planning intentions of Strategic Decision-Makers of the Accommodation Sector (SDMAS) in the Sri Lankan tourism industry
… small businesses. Considering the escalation of disaster risk faced by tourism destinations around the world in recent years, such a lack of research on the strategic decision-makers’ disaster management is somewhat disquieting. The current research therefore intends to fill the gap in this …
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Sustainability in Disaster Operations Management and Planning: An Operations Management Perspective
Advancing the state of disaster operations planning has significant implications given the devastating impress of disasters. Operations management techniques have in the past been shown to advance disaster-planning efforts; in particular, much progress can be noted in its application in the …
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A descriptive study of the standard operating procedures for disaster response in the Saudi Arabian military health services
Background Saudi Arabia has suffered from disasters commonly in the last decade. The Saudi military medical services play a major role in confronting these events, but there are anecdotal challenges with their planning and response systems. Currently, disaster planning in Saudi Arabia appears to be …
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Post disaster tourism crisis recovery in SIDS: development and testing of an integrated approach
… industry is especially vulnerable to crises and disasters. Its vulnerabilities include both physical infrastructure and more intangible elements such as destination image and reputation. Being a fragmented industry, its response is typically difficult to initiate and coordinate during a disaster. …
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An exploration of disaster management in libraries in the greater Cape Metropolitan area
Disaster management and planning has traditionally been a neglected field in librarianship, and, thus this research study was undertaken to explore and evaluate the present situation regarding disaster planning amongst research/academic- and public libraries in the Greater Cape Metropolitan Area, …
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Bridging local and external knowledge for disaster risk management planning: The perceived benefit of participatory 3D modelling in Umgungundlovu District Municipality, South Africa
… also take place in South Africa. South African disaster management legislation emphasises the indigenous knowledge of people who are most affected when hazards turn into disaster. Participatory GIS in the form of activities building and using three-dimensional models (P3DM) has been used …
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Inundated: Holistically Improving Institutional Coordination And Crisis Management Following Superstorm Sandy
… biases, creating a greater linkage between disaster planning and emergency management, and leveraging tools such as risk analysis and needs assessments. Through institutional coordination, crisis management and organizational dynamics research; stakeholder interviews with those involved with …
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Built environment system resiliency subject to extreme events with fema ihp
… purpose of this research is to develop a post-disaster model to analyze the public structural indemnification influences on building construction resiliency and to develop a quantitative basis for pre-disaster planning to increase this resiliency. The framework consists of designing a model for …
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Urban Design for Resilience to Multiple Uncertain Hazard Scenarios - Robust Strategies for Coastal Resilience in Westport, Washington
… workshops with local and state experts in pre-disaster planning as well as members of the general public inform the strategies and their integration into an upcoming update of Westport’s Comprehensive Plan (documented in Appendices). The urban design strategies consist of: (i) a suite of built …
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Climate Adaptation in Out-Of-Hospital Settings: Building Strategic Disaster Resilience in Ambulance Operations
… escalating climate-related risks and overlapping disasters, such as pandemics. This study uses a pragmatic lens to highlight the implications for operational adjustments within the British Columbia Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) and comparable organizations. This research focus is a single …
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Quantifying restoration costs in the aftermath of an extreme event using system dynamics and dynamic mathematical modeling approaches
… key factor in determining the best path for post-disaster restoration. It is essential to develop efficient restoration and disaster management strategies to ameliorate the losses from such events. This dissertation extends the existing knowledge base on disaster management and restoration through …
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Crisis Preparedness
<p>School disaster planning is important because schools are places of frequent mass gathering. An estimated 53 million children in the United States attend public and private schools each day. As mass gathering places, schools are prone to mass injury in a natural disaster and unfortunately may …
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Extreme weather events in the upper Midwest: Implications on flood risk, crop yield, and water quality
… prioritizing socially vulnerable populations in disaster planning, updating infrastructure design standards, and implementing climate-resilient nutrient management practices to mitigate the impacts of extreme weather events in the Upper Midwest.
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Implementing Emergency Bedside Backpacks in the NICU to Improve Patient Outcomes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Planning for a disaster, by implementing a unit specific disaster plan, has become an essential recommendation for Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Emergent situations have resulted from past natural disasters proving the need for additional planning when it comes to units with …
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