Sinabung volcano: how culture shapes community resilience
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how culture, including traditions and social structures, can influence resilience and how culturally sensitive relief operations can put affected people and their context at the core of any interventions. Design/methodology/approach A case study of the Mt Sinabung volcano area in Indonesia was undertaken. As part of the case study, an analysis of interventions was conducted, which was complemented by semi-structured interviews with Karo cultural experts and humanitarian organisations. Findings Cu...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - April 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Erratum
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal,Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 287-287, April 2019. (Source: Disaster Prevention and Management)
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 17, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Disaster relief trials: perceptions of a disaster-themed bicycling event
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Bicycling enthusiasts have been organizing community events in US cities to demonstrate how bicycles may be of use in the aftermath of a disaster event. The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceived value of these events and levels of engagement in the same amongst emergency managers, community organizers and bicycling advocates. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through 21 in-depth, telephone interviews with emergency management officials and bicycling advocates in bicycle-friendly jurisdictions in the USA and ana...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Evaluation of an organization-based psychological first aid intervention
This study indicates how the use of an organization-based intervention can be adopted for employees who undergo an emergency in their workplace. The combination of PFA and OST was found to be valuable in improving individual resilience and perceived organization support. In addition, OST can better facilitate problem-solving performance in intact groups, as it enhances collective interaction and community efficacy among survivors. Originality/value The study contributes to the dearth of knowledge on the use of PFA when used in an intact organization as part of its crisis intervention. (Source: Disaster Prevention and Management)
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Utilizing co-design approach to identify various stakeholders ’ roles in the protection of intangible place-making heritage
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The protection of traditional grassroots place-making knowledge and skills that comprise valuable intangible heritage has not been attracting enough attention in the field of post-disaster reconstruction and recovery. Based on the Guchengping Village ’s reconstruction that followed the Lushan earthquake (Sichuan, China), the purpose of this paper is to identify the benefits of a co-design approach for post-disaster reconstruction and recovery, in order to ascertain various stakeholders’ contributions toward the protection of communit...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Challenges of disaster training: implication for federal and state university libraries in Nigeria
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenges affecting disaster training in federal and state university libraries in Southwest Nigeria with a view to finding ways of overcoming them. Design/methodology/approach Having adopted the descriptive research design, 14 university libraries (seven each of federal and state) were selected from the Southwest geo-political zone of Nigeria. The total enumeration sampling technique was employed. Questionnaire and interview methods were used for data collection. The three research question...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Disaster relief trials: perceptions of a disaster-themed bicycling event
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Bicycling enthusiasts have been organizing community events in US cities to demonstrate how bicycles may be of use in the aftermath of a disaster event. The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceived value of these events and levels of engagement in the same amongst emergency managers, community organizers and bicycling advocates. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through 21 in-depth, telephone interviews with emergency management officials and bicycling advocates in bicycle-friendly jurisdictions in the USA and ana...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Evaluation of an organization-based psychological first aid intervention
This study indicates how the use of an organization-based intervention can be adopted for employees who undergo an emergency in their workplace. The combination of PFA and OST was found to be valuable in improving individual resilience and perceived organization support. In addition, OST can better facilitate problem-solving performance in intact groups, as it enhances collective interaction and community efficacy among survivors. Originality/value The study contributes to the dearth of knowledge on the use of PFA when used in an intact organization as part of its crisis intervention. (Source: Disaster Prevention and Management)
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Utilizing co-design approach to identify various stakeholders ’ roles in the protection of intangible place-making heritage
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The protection of traditional grassroots place-making knowledge and skills that comprise valuable intangible heritage has not been attracting enough attention in the field of post-disaster reconstruction and recovery. Based on the Guchengping Village ’s reconstruction that followed the Lushan earthquake (Sichuan, China), the purpose of this paper is to identify the benefits of a co-design approach for post-disaster reconstruction and recovery, in order to ascertain various stakeholders’ contributions toward the protection of communit...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Challenges of disaster training: implication for federal and state university libraries in Nigeria
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenges affecting disaster training in federal and state university libraries in Southwest Nigeria with a view to finding ways of overcoming them. Design/methodology/approach Having adopted the descriptive research design, 14 university libraries (seven each of federal and state) were selected from the Southwest geo-political zone of Nigeria. The total enumeration sampling technique was employed. Questionnaire and interview methods were used for data collection. The three research question...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Effects of the classification system in international SAR
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse if the classification system introduced by International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG), or INSARAG External Classification (IEC), contributes to effective international search and rescue (SAR) activities in the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Design/methodology/approach In addition to the data collected by Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team, the data were collected by one of the authors who was deployed t...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 10, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Cure for Catastrophe: How We Can Stop Manufacturing Natural Disasters
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal,Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 299-300, April 2019. (Source: Disaster Prevention and Management)
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 3, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
