Public perception and attitudes to disaster risks in a coastal metropolis of Saudi Arabia [0.03%]
沙特阿拉伯沿海大都市的灾害风险公众认知与态度研究
Ali M AlQahtany,Ismaila Rimi Abubakar
Ali M AlQahtany
Disaster risk reduction is an increasingly important policy issue, especially in developing countries that suffer most of the global human and economic losses associated with disasters. Indeed, public awareness and attitudes can help in dis...
Simon A Andrew,Sudha Arlikatti,Vaswati Chatterjee et al.
Simon A Andrew et al.
This research focuses on the 2014 Ebola crisis response by emergency managers in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Metropolitan region in the State of Texas, U.S.A. It examines the patterns of crisis communication and the use of Standard Operatin...
Urban disaster preparedness of Hong Kong residents: A territory-wide survey [0.03%]
香港市民的都市防灾准备情况——一项全港调查研究
Rex Pui Kin Lam,Ling Pong Leung,Satchit Balsari et al.
Rex Pui Kin Lam et al.
Objective: To assess the state of community disaster preparedness of Hong Kong residents and to identify factors associated with adequate preparedness behaviors. ...
Exploring disaster resilience within the hotel sector: A systematic review of literature [0.03%]
酒店业灾害恢复能力的文献综述性研究
Nancy A Brown,Jane E Rovins,Shirley Feldmann-Jensen et al.
Nancy A Brown et al.
Within the tourism industry, the hotel sector's vulnerabilities are multi-faceted. This literature discussion scrutinizes how disaster and resilience is framed for the tourism sector, and, more specifically, how the concepts can be applied ...
Disaster management, crowdsourced R&D and probabilistic innovation theory: Toward real time disaster response capability [0.03%]
灾害管理、众包研发和概率创新理论——迈向实时应对灾害的能力
Christian William Callaghan
Christian William Callaghan
General agreement exists effective disaster management faces constraints related to knowledge sharing and a need for real-time research responses. Extreme case examples of disasters especially vulnerable to these challenges are global pande...
Factors motivating the use of respiratory protection against volcanic ashfall: A comparative analysis of communities in Japan, Indonesia and Mexico [0.03%]
火山灰落尘呼吸防护用品使用动机因素：日本、印度尼西亚和墨西哥社区的比较分析
Judith Covey,Claire J Horwell,Laksmi Rachmawati et al.
Judith Covey et al.
Communities living near active volcanoes may be exposed to respiratory hazards from volcanic ash. Understanding their perception of the risks and the actions they take to mitigate against those risks is important for developing effective co...
Eyeing the storm: How residents of coastal Florida see hurricane forecasts and warnings [0.03%]
未雨绸缪：佛罗里达州沿海居民如何看待飓风预测和预警
Ann Bostrom,Rebecca Morss,Julie Demuth et al.
Ann Bostrom et al.
This paper examines the societal dimensions of warning decisions during extreme weather events in one of the most hurricane-prone areas in the U.S., Miami-Dade County, Florida. With the aim of informing improvements in the hurricane forecas...
Handheld solar light use, durability, and retention among women and girls in internally displaced persons camps in Haiti - 2013-2014 [0.03%]
2013-2014年海地国内流离失所者营地妇女和女童手持太阳能灯具的使用情况、耐用性和持有时间
Michelle Dynes,Mariana Rosenthal,Erin Hulland et al.
Michelle Dynes et al.
During conflict and disasters, women and girls are at increased risk of gender based violence. International humanitarian guidelines call for the distribution of individual lighting to meet women and girls' basic needs and to reduce risk of...
Diana Contreras,Thomas Blaschke,Stefan Kienberger et al.
Diana Contreras et al.
There is a set of myths which are linked to the recovery of L׳Aquila, such as: the L׳Aquila recovery has come to a halt, it is still in an early recovery phase, and there is economic stagnation. The objective of this paper is threefold: (...