In this paper, we propose the Real-time Disaster Damage Information Sharing System for the disaster countermeasures headquarters at the time of large-scale natural disaster. This Real-time Disaster Damage Information Sharing System consists of the Post Damage Picture Smartphone Application, the Post Damage Picture Facebook Application, and the Web-GIS Disaster Information Management Site. The P...

Disasters are one of the most important challenges which must be considered by every management system. Higher education centers have high disaster risk because of their risk factors (existence of historical and scientific documents and resources and expensive laboratory equipment in these centers emphasizes the importance of disaster management). Moreover, the existence of young volunteers of ...

background: environment and its ecosystems are affected by various natural and man-made disasters. the environmental management in disasters tries to protect ecosystems, sustain development, reduce disaster risk, and adapt to or decrease the impact of climate change. this study aimed to investigate the impact of disasters on the environment and methods of reducing these effects. materials and m...

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One of the main challenges of disaster management concerns to proper management of information. In more details, while most of the information required for disaster management has spatial component or location, current studies show that there are different problems with collection, dissemination, access and usage of spatial data/information for disaster management. The mentioned problems become...

By reviewing the disaster reduction implementation science system, the necessity of developing disaster risk science is discussed and its preliminary framework is proposed in this paper. At the third IIASA-DPRI Forum on Integrated Disaster Risk Management, Okada (2003) presented the disaster reduction implementation science system, that is, the Networking of Vitae System, and expatiated on the ...

In response to the lessons and criticisms over the recent large-scale disasters and relief activities during the disasters, many government organizations around the world have recently launched initiatives to improve their disaster management capabilities. While a revision of disaster management capability may entail transformation of organizational structures, business processes, and technical...

BACKGROUND Health care management in disasters is one of the main parts of disaster management. Health in disasters is affected by performance of various sectors, and has an interactive impact on various aspects of disaster management. The aim of this study was to identify the most important themes affecting the healthcare management in disaster. METHOD In this qualitative study with a conten...