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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose and compare the performance of the "two" robust mathematical models, the Robust Integer Facility Location (RIFL) and the Robust Continuous Facility Location (RCFL) models, to solve the emergency response facility and transportation problems in...
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Freiwillige Feuerwehren sind in vielen ländlichen Räumen Europas eine etablierte Einrichtung der Daseinsvorsorge.Trotz dieser Allgegenwärtigkeit sehen sich viele Ortsfeuerwehren bei der Erfüllung ihrer Aufgaben mit existenziellen Herausforderungen konfrontiert. Fragen wie die Durchführung...
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Time and again, many organizations and their staff members must respond to unexpected catastrophes like hurricanes (e.g., Katrina), virus pandemics (e.g., COVID-19), or other major emergencies. As a result, some organizations allow their employees to respond to external emergencies by engaging...
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Effective recovery and restoration of infrastructure systems play a crucial role in recovery after disasters. This issue is particularly critical when delivering time-sensitive services and commodities. Damage to infrastructure can lead to disruptions and diminished capacity to respond to...
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The recovery of physically damaged infrastructure after disasters is critical to efficiently deliver disaster relief supplies and emergency services. The physical damage to road infrastructure from disasters can result in decreased road link capacities and an inability to meet the community's...
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The popularity and ubiquity of social media (SM) have permeated private and public institutions. These last ones, and in particular those governmental agencies that deal with emergencies, have begun using social media in their operations. The impact of SM as a tool within emergency relief...
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Households in developing countries use a variety of informal mechanisms to cope with risk, including mutual support and risk-sharing. These mechanisms cannot avoid that they remain vulnerable to shocks. Public programs in the form of food aid distribution and food-for-work programs are meant to...
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The European Community is to spend ECU 680 million on food aid in 1982—an increase of 13.3% over 1981. Is this a sign of growing humanitarianism on the part of the EC or merely the side-product of a policy of agricultural protectionism which in the long run is harmful to the economies of both...
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This paper provides an overview on the impacts of food aid. We consider its effects on consumption, nutrition, food markets and labour supply, as well as the extent to which it exacerbates or mitigates conflict. We also consider the comparative evidence on alternatives to food aid including...
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Dramatically increased international agricultural commodity prices from 2007 to mid-2008 brought food inflation and greater incidence of poverty and malnutrition to developing countries. Higher food prices in 2011 threaten to repeat that crisis. The international community responded strongly to...
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