The role of spatial data and related technologies in disaster management has been well-known worldwide. One of the challenges concerned with such a role is access to and usage of reliable, accurate and up-to-date spatial data for disaster management. This is a very important aspect to disaster response as timely, up-to-date and accurate spatial data describing the current situation is paramount...

Academic libraries in Malaysia are still not prepared for disaster even though several occasions have been reported. The study sets out to assess the current status of preparedness in disaster management among Malaysian academic libraries in the State of Selangor and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. To obtain a base level of knowledge on disaster preparedness of current practices, a quest...

The fundamental requirements of rescue systems are robustness against perturbation imposed bydisaster and practical design for production and deployments. Information fusion at various levels needs to bedesigned to be robust and scalable to size and types of disasters. This paper discusses basic framework of thesystem that is designed to cope with individual and home securities, but...

Since history started human activities enforced many natural disasters. Due to continuous change in geographic position and climate, countries situated near oceans are most sensitive countries to natural disasters. The developing countries also lack effective disaster preparedness system to resist natural disasters. Disaster warnings and evacuation guidelines may save lives of many peoples. A t...

As Editors-in-Chief, and on behalf of our distinguished Editorial Board, we are thrilled to welcome you to this inaugural issue of Disaster Health. Disaster Health is uniquely focused on the intersection of disaster mental and behavioral health and disaster public health. In this multi-disciplinary arena, scientific advances are accelerating. Disaster Health provides a mechanism for expeditious...

X. CAO{{, J. CHEN*{, B. MATSUSHITA§, H. IMURA" and L. WANG{{ {Key Laboratory of Environment Change and Natural Disaster, Ministry of Education of China, College of Resource Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China {Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan §Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba,...

Statistical learning algorithms for identifying contrasting tillage practices with Landsat Thematic Mapper data Pijush Samui a , Prasanna H. Gowda b , Thomas Oommen c , Terry A. Howell b , Thomas H. Marek d & Dana O. Porter e a Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India b Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Bushland, ...

This paper examines risk factors for the development of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and its severity and chronicity, in a group of 217 young adults who survived a shipping disaster in adolescence. The survivors were followed up 5 to 8 years after the disaster. Risk factors examined fell into three main categories: pre-disaster child and family vulnerability factors, including childho...

water is the most essential component for sustaining lives of humans and other living creatures. supplying potable water with adequate residual pressure is a fundamental responsibility of city administration, which they do during normal conditions. but sometimes, abnormal conditions are formed resulting pressure deficient conditions during the daily operations of water distribution networks. th...