Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 14 Issue 1
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An International JournalTable of contents
Restoring straightened rivers for sustainable flood mitigation
Vanessa Bechtol, Lucie LaurianThis article aims to show how communities with severe river flooding can develop sustainable flood plans that remediate environmental problems caused by previous river…
Pilot project results of an integrated security management system
John Milliman, John Grosskopf, Ozzie Paez, William AyenAims to report the key results and learnings of a pilot test of an ISO‐based integrated management systems approach to security, environmental, health, and safely (SEH&S) at one…
“Gripped by fear”: Public risk (mis)perception and the Washington, DC sniper
Damon P. CoppolaThis paper aims to examine the roots of public fear and often‐distorted reality of risk, and proposes methods by which emergency management agencies can successfully manage fear…
Analysis of Royal Inquiry Report on the collapse of a building in Kuala Lumpur: Implications for developing countries
M.S. Aini, A. Fakhru'l‐Razi, M. Daud, N.M. Adam, R. Abdul KadirMalaysia, which is in an intermediary phase of development and industrialization, has experienced various magnitudes of disasters ranging from biological, structural collapse…
Appraisal of safety practices in agro‐allied industries in south‐western Nigeria
K.A. Adebiyi, S.O. Jekayinfa, E.O. Charles‐OwabaThis paper aims to investigate the safety practices in some selected agro‐allied industries in south‐western Nigeria with a view to analysing the degree of safety awareness;…
Using assignment model as an automated recovery system
P. Petrantonakis, J.‐C. PanayiotopoulosThis paper aims to deal with disaster and recovery systems, introducing the catastrophe matrix as a disaster‐preventing tool.
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0965-3562Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr JC Gaillard
- Dr Emmanuel Raju