This article gives an overview of the development of the disaster relief law within the international society. Attached …

Front Cover -- Organizing Disaster -- Critical Management Studies -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter …

result from human acts of omission and commission. Every disaster is unique, but each exposes actions-by individuals and … children after a disaster impairs cognitive abilities and productivity as adults much later. Peering into the future, it shows …

common than official flood maps would predict, suggesting that local knowledge may also mitigate disaster impacts. …

trade facilitation; (ii) trade and disaster recovery and reconstruction; and (iii) other trade policies affecting …

establish the supply chain practices used in disaster management by World Food Programme in Zimbabwe, to determine the … that influences the post disaster humanitarian logistics response at World Food Programme in Zimbabwe and to suggest … strategies that can improve post disaster humanitarian logistics response by World Food Programme in Zimbabwe …

's New Zealand earthquake to the rest of the world.This paper finds that the Japanese case is more typical: losses from … natural disasters are shared internationally to a generally very limited extent. This finding of home bias in disaster risk … international sharing of disaster risk. For advanced economies, a lack of international risk-sharing is correlated with a lack of …

Research suggests that a donor country s decision to provide post-disaster assistance is not only driven by the … severity of a disaster and the resulting humanitarian needs in the recipient country, but also by strategic considerations. The … authors argue that the identification of the determinants of the size of disaster assistance is a first step in the analysis …