Disaster recovery has been studied from a variety of perspectives including the fields of sociology, engineering, policy implementation, political-ecology, systems theory, geography and urban planning, leading to a wide variety of definitions and indicators for measuring recovery. In order to assess what indicators can be used to measure both pre-disaster resilience and postdisaster recovery, a...

BACKGROUND Disaster experiences have been associated with higher prevalence rates of (mental) health problems. The objective of this study was to examine the independent relation between a series of single disaster experiences versus the independent predictive value of a accumulation of disaster experiences, i.e. a sum score of experiences and symptoms of distress and post-traumatic stress diso...

Shared Mental Models (SSM) are crucial for adequate coordination of activities and resource deployment in disaster responses. Both human and robot are actors in the construction of such models. Based on a situated Cognitive Engineering (sCE) methodology, we identified the needs, functions and evaluation paradigm for this model construction support. Via prototyping, some basic functions proved t...

Adhoc and sensor wireless networks are challenging and promising field for researchers. These networkingtechnology are not only significant on science and engineering but important on a broad range of applications such as critical infrastructure protection and security, disaster relief operations, biodiversity mapping, medicine and healthcare etc. Wireless Sensor Network applications require Wi...

iran's health system is expanding the disaster and emergency higher education programs over the country to enhance the capacity of human resources for effective and efficient disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. in this article we present an overview about the initiatives and progress of disaster and emergency health higher education in iran. following the bam earthquake, i...

the specific vulnerability of children and by extension, the need to promote disaster awareness among children as an integral part of disaster risk-reduction strategies is an emergent theme in the disaster management fraternity. the challenge however, is in the design of awarenesspromotion tools that are relevant to and appropriate for the specific learning needs of children. the disaster aware...

background: this study investigated the applicability of the post-traumatic stress disorder symptom scale (pss) in a group of adolescents who had been directly involved in a disaster in tehran. method: participants were 20 adolescents who had survived a boat sinking in tehran's city park in 2002. the assessment measures used were the post-traumatic stress disorder symptom scale (pss) and clinic...