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Showing 1 to 20 of 96 for “"disaster recovery"”.
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Disaster recovery planning of transportation networks
The way to disaster-resilient transport infrastructures is paved with effective recovery planning. Disaster Recovery Planning of Transportation Networks (DRPTN) is a critical and complex concept that often relies on recommendations of decision models and decision support systems. To develop such …
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Residential Microgrids for Disaster Recovery Operations
… vulnerable to disruptions caused by natural disasters. Interruptions of electric service can bring an end to virtually all the basic services that people are dependent on. Recent natural disasters have highlighted the vulnerabilities of large, economically developed, regions to disruptions to …
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Exploring Disaster Recovery: Stakeholder Interfaces, Goals and Interdependencies
Disaster risk management has seen the importance of coordination at various levels of planning and implementation, ranging from preparedness to disaster response, and in planning for long term recovery and sustainable development. This thesis aims to develop a deeper and analytical understanding of …
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Network disaster recovery via dynamic service-aware risk management
… exposed to natural and human-induced disasters, which result in service disruption and economic losses. Most existing disaster recovery frameworks treat risk as a static factor, overlooking the fact that hazard conditions evolve over time. For example, in earthquakes, failures …
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Data-driven resource allocation decisions : FEMA's disaster recovery centers
Resource allocation decisions in post-disaster operations are challenging because of situational dynamics, insufficient information, organizational culture, political context, and urgency. We propose a methodology to create a data-driven decision process for post-disaster resource allocation that …
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Improving Post-Disaster Recovery: Decision Support for Debris Disposal Operations
Disaster debris cleanup operations are commonly organized into two phases. During the first phase, the objective is to clear debris from evacuation and other important pathways to ensure access to the disaster-affected area. Practically, Phase 1 activities largely consist of pushing fallen trees, …
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The Limitations of Governance Indicators in Relation to Post-Disaster Recovery
<p>Catastrophic natural disasters remain a constant and recurring mortal threat to people around the world. Since prevention of the events themselves is impossible, it is important to examine those factors which can reduce the loss of life and enable successful recovery. We intuitively expect good …
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Understanding stakeholder participation in post-disaster recovery (case study: Nagapattinam, India)
… acknowledged as a critical component of post-disaster recovery because it helps create a shared understanding of local hazard risk and vulnerability, improves recovery and mitigation decision efficacy, and builds social capital and local resilience to future disasters. But approaches commonly …
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Texas disaster recovery capacity : the impacts of leadership structures on local resilience
… examines the leadership structures of four disaster recovery housing programs in two Texas communities in order to identify leadership models that contribute to future individual and community resilience. Disaster recovery is a physical and social process that requires both scientific …
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Tornado in Credit Desert: Role of Consumer Credit Access in Disaster Recovery
… the effect of credit access restrictions on post-disaster financial outcomes of subprime consumers in Arkansas, a state with the lowest usury cap of 17 percent. Due to the restrictive cap, neither payday nor consumer finance companies operate in Arkansas, while they do in all six neighboring …
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System Design of an Integrated Terrestrial-Satellite Communications Network for Disaster Recovery
… terrestrial-satellite network system for disaster recovery and response. The motivation of this thesis was based on the adjacent spectrum allocations between the Virginia Tech terrestrial Local Multiple Distribution Service (LMDS) system and a Ka-band satellite system, and potentially …
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Disaster scenario optimised link state routing protocol for disaster recovery and rescue operations
The success of disaster recovery and rescue operations depends largely on effective communication. Unfortunately, the communication infrastructures are among the first victims of most natural disasters such as tsunami, floods, fire, and earthquakes as well as artificial disasters (human-made) …
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The use of geospatial tools to support, monitor and evaluate post-disaster recovery
… the planning, monitoring and evaluation of recovery after disaster. The thesis begins by outlining the process of post-disaster recovery, what it entails and who is involved. The data and information needs at different stages of the disaster cycle are introduced and the importance of …
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Post-disaster recovery planning and sustainable development — a lesson from the Wenchuan earthquake, China, 2008
… system to formulate and implement the post-recovery planning and reconstruction in a short time. However, disaster recovery is a complex process which involves not only physical reconstruction, but also social reorganization, economic recovery, and cultural heritage. Due to the vulnerable …
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A Critical Examination of Green Economic Development as a Post-Disaster Recovery Approach: The Case of Greensburg, Kansas 2007-2012
… - with a host of external expertise - unveiled a recovery plan that not only set in motion the rebuilding of the two-square mile town but also offered the opportunity to become the first model green city in the United States. Media captured the daily struggles of Greensburg for years, and …
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The Role of Gender in Post-Disaster Recovery and Disaster Risk Governance in Nepal: Examining Links Between Women, Institutions and Capacity-Building
Although it is widely acknowledged within disaster scholarship that women are more vulnerable to disasters than men, there is a dearth of literature explicitly discussing the ways in which governmental and non-governmental institutions have supported, strengthened and built the capabilities of …
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The Search for a Theoretical Framework for Long-term Disaster Recovery Efforts: A Normative Application of Jane Addams' Social Democratic Theory and Ethics
… establish a theoretical framework for long-term disaster recovery efforts. Through the use of qualitative interviews conducted with senior managers of national nonprofit agencies working on Hurricane Katrina recovery, this research first tests the feasibility of Jane Addams' social democratic …
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Community vulnerability and capacity in post-disaster recovery: the cases of Mano and Mikura neighbourhoods in the wake of the 1995 Kobe earthquake
… recognized to be a vital component of community recovery. Drawing from literature on disaster recovery, community development, vulnerability analysis, community capacity building and the Kobe earthquake, a community vulnerability and capacity model is elaborated from Blaikie et al.’s Pressure and …
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Relationship Building and Pre-Disaster Planning: Effective Strategies for Rural Resilience Following the 2016 West Virginia Floods
… are affected by many of the same barriers to recovery as more populated suburban and urban communities, however, they can also face unique circumstances due to heightened vulnerability caused by depressed socioeconomics, reduced access to public services, and nominal capabilities of small, …
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