Following severe flooding in 2008, three Iowa communities acquired over 1000 damaged properties to support disaster recovery and mitigation. This research applies a distributive justice framework to analyze the distribution of disaster recovery funds for property acquisition. Two research questions drive the analysis: (1) how does recovery vary by acquisition funding source; and (2) what is the...

This paper presents an extended framework of the economic effects analysis for natural disaster risk management. For government or a private company, there are several possible actions for building risk controlling, i.e. structure retrofitting, insurance protection, alternative risk transfer and emergency planning. In addition, it is a trial to define the optimum arrangement and evaluate it. A ...

The human consequences of the 3.11 tsunami were not distributed equally across the municipalities of the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan. Instead, the mortality rate from the massive waves varied tremendously from zero to ten percent of the local residential population. What accounts for this variation remains a critical question for researchers and policy makers alike. This paper uses a ne...

Estimation of damages caused by a disaster is a major task in the post disaster mitigation process. To enhance the relief and rescue operation in the affected area it is required to get a near real time damage model. For this purpose a fast method of data acquisition with suitable methods for extracting the man-made objects is required. Laser scanning data provide the height of the ground objec...

The post-hurricane recovery processes of two universities are presented in this chapter, with an emphasis on the experiences specific to their library facilities and holdings. Interviews were conducted with library staff and campus leaders at both institutions. Case studies are constructed of the experiences of these libraries with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Fall 2005 Semester. One libr...

An important question that all veterinary schools should consider is whether veterinary students should be trained to deal with local or regional states of emergency or disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, hail and ice storms, wind storms, fires, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and epidemics. When a large-scale emergency or disaster does strike, the consequences can be dire for th...

Each year millions of people around the world are affected by natural and manmade disasters. The consequences of natural disasters in terms of health are complex. Disasters directly impact the health of the population resulting in physical trauma, acute disease, and emotional trauma. Furthermore, disasters may increase the morbidity and mortality associated with chronic and infectious diseases ...

We now realize, from the case of 2008 TC3’s discovery and subsequent impact in Sudan, that it is much more likely that a Near Earth Object (NEO) large enough to cause damage on the ground will be found (by the current Spaceguard Survey telescopes) on its "death plunge," providing a couple weeks of warning, than that a dangerous NEO will be found years or decades before impact. We also understan...

Disaster management is needed to minimize the impact of disasters. It aims prepare and educate people living in disaster-prone areas be better prepared respond Sumbawa Regency an area prone natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, fires, landslides, others. The Regional Agency for Management (BPBD) implement a program called "Desa Tangguh Bencana" improve disaster mitigation Sumbawa. This...

Natural and man-made disasters are a constant threat to cultural civilizations and pose various risks to the basic foundations of our known existence. Not only do these situations occur at any time and place; they have various unknown determinants until the tragedy exists. Task uncertainty remains a critical factor in disaster management. This research study examines different facets of task un...