Improving Disaster Management
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Improving Disaster Management
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2007-06-01
Improving Disaster Management written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-01 with Computers categories.
Information technology (IT) has the potential to play a critical role in managing natural and human-made disasters. Damage to communications infrastructure, along with other communications problems exacerbated the difficulties in carrying out response and recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina. To assist government planning in this area, the Congress, in the E-government Act of 2002, directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to request the NRC to conduct a study on the application of IT to disaster management. This report characterizes disaster management providing a framework for considering the range and nature of information and communication needs; presents a vision of the potential for IT to improve disaster management; provides an analysis of structural, organizational, and other non-technical barriers to the acquisition, adoption, and effective use of IT in disaster; and offers an outline of a research program aimed at strengthening IT-enabled capabilities for disaster management.
Improving Disaster Management
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Author : Committee on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-05-01
Improving Disaster Management written by Committee on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-01 with categories.
Information technology (IT) has the potential to play a critical role in managing natural and human-made disasters. Damage to communications infrastructure, along with other communications problems exacerbated the difficulties in carrying out response and recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina. To assist government planning in this area, the Congress, in the E-government Act of 2002, directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to request the NRC to conduct a study on the application of IT to disaster management. This report characterizes disaster management providing a framework for considering the range and nature of information and communication needs; presents a vision of the potential for IT to improve disaster management; provides an analysis of structural, organizational, and other non-technical barriers to the acquisition, adoption, and effective use of IT in disaster; and offers an outline of a research program aimed at strengthening IT-enabled capabilities for disaster management.
Handbook Of Disaster Policies And Institutions
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Author : John W. Handmer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013
Handbook Of Disaster Policies And Institutions written by John W. Handmer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Business & Economics categories.
Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsuited to the emerging scales of the problems they confront, and the lack of institutional capacity to implement planning and prevention or to manage disasters. This book seeks to overcome this mismatch and to guide development of a more strategic policy and institutional framework. This updated and revised second edition includes new coverage of climate change adaptation, which has rapidly become central to disaster and emergency planning and management. This is an essential handbook for practitioners across the world seeking to improve the quality, robustness and capacity of their disaster management mechanisms.
Improving Disaster Management
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Improving Disaster Management written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Electronic book categories.
Improving Disaster Resilience And Mitigation It Means And Tools
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Author : Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-09-08
Improving Disaster Resilience And Mitigation It Means And Tools written by Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-08 with Computers categories.
The focus of this volume is comprised of the fundamentals, models, and information technologies (IT) methods and tools for disaster prediction and mitigation. A more detailed list of topics includes mathematical and computational modeling of processes leading to or producing disasters, modeling of disaster effects, IT means for disaster mitigation, including data mining tools, knowledge-based and expert systems for use in disaster circumstances, GIS-based systems for disaster prevention and mitigation and equipment for disaster-prone areas. A specific type or class of disasters (natural or human-made), however will not be part of the main focus of this work. Instead, this book was conceived to offer a comprehensive, integrative view on disasters, seeking to determine what various disasters have in common. Because disaster resilience and mitigation involve humans, societies and cultures, not only technologies and economic models, special attention was paid in this volume to gain a comprehensive view on these issues, as a foundation of the IT tool design.
Disaster Management And Human Health Risk
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Author : Kirsty Duncan
language : en
Publisher: WIT Press
Release Date : 2009
Disaster Management And Human Health Risk written by Kirsty Duncan and has been published by WIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Nature categories.
Today the world faces unparalleled threats from human-made disasters that can be attributed to failure of industrial and energy installation as well as to terrorism. Added to this is the unparalleled threat of emerging and re-emerging diseases, with scientists predicting events such as an influenza pandemic.
Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Ii
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Author : C. A. Brebbia
language : en
Publisher: WIT Press
Release Date : 2011
Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Ii written by C. A. Brebbia and has been published by WIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Nature categories.
The increase in the number of large-scale natural disasters in recent years has been alarming.Major fl oods, hurricanes, earthquakes and many others have affected millions of people, with great destruction of property and loss of life, while forest fires, pipeline failures, and bombings have had equally devastating affects over a smaller scale. It is clear that future threats stem both from human failures and from terrorism, as well as from less predictable natural phenomena. The increased threats make the convening of the Second International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health Risk important for the sharing of knowledge among experts on public health, security, and disaster management. This book contains their contributions to the conference. Topics covered will include Emergency preparedness; Risk mitigation; Natural disasters; Man-made disasters; Learning from disasters; Disaster analysis, monitoring and mitigation; Global risks and health; Pandemic and biological threats; Surveillance and early warning systems; Public health preparedness; Socio-economic issues; and Service sustainability.
Training And Education For Improving Earthquake Disaster Management In Developing Countries
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Training And Education For Improving Earthquake Disaster Management In Developing Countries written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Disaster relief categories.
Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Iv
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Author : S.M. Sener
language : en
Publisher: WIT Press
Release Date : 2015-05-20
Disaster Management And Human Health Risk Iv written by S.M. Sener and has been published by WIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-20 with Nature categories.
As human population has continued to concentrate in urban areas, the number of people and the value of property affected by disasters, both natural and human-generated, have grown as well. Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, and forest fires have all taken their toll so have such anthropogenic disasters as pipeline failures, industrial spills, and terrorist attacks. The contents of this volume consist of papers presented at the fourth in a series of conferences convened to assess the potential risk from various disasters and discuss ways to prevent or mitigate damage. The papers have been contributed by experts on public health, security, and disaster management from academia, industry, and government. Topics covered include Disaster Analysis; Disaster Monitoring and Mitigation; Emergency Preparedness; Risk Mitigation; Risk and Security; Safety and Resilience; Socio-economic Issues; Health Risk; Human Factors; Multi-hazard Risk Assessment; Case Studies.
Successful Response Starts With A Map
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2006-12-19
Successful Response Starts With A Map written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12-19 with Science categories.
In the past few years the United States has experienced a series of disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which have severely taxed and in many cases overwhelmed responding agencies. In all aspects of emergency management, geospatial data and tools have the potential to help save lives, limit damage, and reduce the costs of dealing with emergencies. Great strides have been made in the past four decades in the development of geospatial data and tools that describe locations of objects on the Earth's surface and make it possible for anyone with access to the Internet to witness the magnitude of a disaster. However, the effectiveness of any technology is as much about the human systems in which it is embedded as about the technology itself. Successful Response Starts with a Map assesses the status of the use of geospatial data, tools, and infrastructure in disaster management, and recommends ways to increase and improve their use. This book explores emergency planning and response; how geospatial data and tools are currently being used in this field; the current policies that govern their use; various issues related to data accessibility and security; training; and funding. Successful Response Starts with a Map recommends significant investments be made in training of personnel, coordination among agencies, sharing of data and tools, planning and preparedness, and the tools themselves.