The Southeast Asian region is remarkably vulnerable to natural disasters which repeatedly cause devastations to both human lives and properties. However, current disaster relief efforts have not lived up to the high standards. Even worse is that humanitarian efforts have been frequently...

Logistics accounts for up to 80% of the total disaster relief expenditures of humanitarian organizations. It represents one of the main levers to achieve improvements in terms of cost, time and quality. This thesis investigates what synergies and potential types of benefit a horizontal logistics...