Suchergebnisse

1. "Risk and danger", Risk and blame, Mary Douglas, 2002 / Mary Douglas -- 2. From vulnerability to empowerment, Mapping vulnerability : disasters, development and people, edited by Greg Bankoff, George Frerks, and Dorothea Hilhorst, 2004 / Annelies Heijmans -- 3. Sustainable disasters? : perspectives and powers in the discourse of calamity, Power of development, edited by Jonathan Crush, 1995 / Kenneth Hewitt -- 4. Framing disaster : theories and stories seeking to understand hazards, vulnerability and risk, Handbook of hazards and disaster risk reduction, edited by Ben Wisner, J.C. Gaillard and Ilan Kelman, 2012 / Ben Wisner, J.C. Gaillard and Ilan Kelman -- 5. Attitudes toward death and dying, On death and dying, Elisabeth Kubler Ross, 1973 / Elisabeth Kubler-Ross -- 6. Toeing the line or breaking the glass ceiling, Gender and wildfire: landscapes of uncertainty, Christine Eriksen, 2014 / Christine Eriksen -- 7. Critical reflections on disaster prevention education, Learning and calamities: practices, interpretations, patterns, edited by Heike Egner, Maren Schorch and Martin Voss, 2015 / Marla Petal -- 8. The worm on the bud: corruption, construction and catastrophe, Hazards and the built environment: attaining built-in resilience, edited by Lee Bosher, 2008 / James Lewis -- 9. Disaster responsibility, Disaster law, Kristian Cedervall Lauta, 2015 / Kristian Cedervall Lauta -- 10. The global vulnerability, Disasters and the small dwelling: perspectives for the UN IDNDR, edited by Ian Davis and Yasemin Aysan, 1992 / Gustavo Wilches-Chaux -- 11. The archaeology of disasters: past future trends, Natural disasters and cultural change, edited by Robin Torrence and John Grattan, 2002 / Robin Torrence and John Grattan -- 112. Peru's five-hundred-year earthquake: vulnerability in historical context, The angry earth: disaster in anthropological perspective, edited by Antony Oliver-Smith and Susanna Hoffman, 2000 / Anthony Oliver-Smith.

Beiträge zu Ursachen und Maßnahmen der äthiopischen Hunger- und Dürrekatastrophe, Grundlageninformationen für das geplante "Disaster Prevention Program" des Roten Kreuzes

Describes some changes made to improve the environment which have had unforeseen and adverse effects on safety and the reasons why we need more case histories. Also discusses the reasons why there are no permanent solutions to safety problems and the reasons why senior managers should become more involved in safety problems.

Disasters always have very undesirable consequences, especially when they occur in urban environments. This paper discusses some problems with regard to disaster prevention policy in the Netherlands. This policy was put to the test in May 2000, when a devastating fireworks accident in the Dutch town Enschede took place, destroying a significant part of the built environment of this town, with an investigation by an independent evaluation committee painfully highlighting the failure of the local and national authorities' preventative policies. The Enschede disaster stimulated many new activities at various levels of government with regard to the need to improve disaster prevention and control. However, recent studies reveal that the lessons of Enschede have yet to be put into practice. This raises questions about the usefulness of a 'command-and-control' prevention approach. Alternative approaches are discussed and a comparison is made with the implementation of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). ; The paper is published by the European Journal of Spatial Development (EJSD). The previous version of the journal was host by Nordregio.

PurposeTo advance knowledge and application of public and private coordination in the field of homeland security, disaster prevention and management.Design/methodology/approachA case study approach is utilized combined with a meta‐analysis and general literature review of relevant studies and secondary sources.FindingsHawaii's unique topography and geography has provided opportunities to experiment with new disaster prevention and management technologies and strategies of public and private sector coordination applicable to the Asia and Pacific region.Originality/valueThe analysis and synthesis of relevant studies relevant and sources from the Department of Defense (DoD) and federal, state and local agencies provide a comprehensive as well as unique context to explore and implement new strategies and improved methods of coordination in disaster prevention and management at the state, national and international level.

Disaster prevention and mitigation must be based on a detailed
knowledge of event probability distributions of all essential hazards
and on the damage probability functions of the different classes of
element at risk. Discusses the most important shortcomings in general
risk analysis and shows which parameters must be considered in the
evaluation of disaster potentials related to floods, windstorms,
earthquakes, and industrial risks.

Disaster inquiries regularly contain a sad litany of what went wrong, procedures bypassed and ignored, and undue risks taken. It is clear in many of these cases that there were individuals in the know, who may have spoken up, but been over‐ruled or silenced. Some more persistent individuals decide to speak up external to the organisation, and hence become whistleblowers. Their efforts, although virtually by definition in the public interest, have not always been well received, certainly by their employers, and the agencies to whom they resorted, while pleased to have received their information, have invariably not reciprocated by offering employment protection, or even upholding confidentiality. Disaster case studies are presented involving a variety of industries from the nuclear power to the petroleum, aircraft, space and oil industries. The stresses on the whistleblower are indicated, one being the controversy remaining over their role, with opposition from some business leaders. The law offers first line protection, although experience in the USA suggests that this is insufficient in itself. In the more unified and compact jurisdiction of the UK, new legislation, coupled with political will, seems likely to produce a more effective regime. Organisations need to internalise whistleblowing as part of their natural systems and procedures, and codes of practice assist in this regard, as long as they are more than window‐dressing. Countries less advanced in their thinking and legislation are more at risk and, given the global consequences of the likes of an environmental disaster, need to be regarded as international pariahs.