The Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP) of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) works to organize and provide access to a wide range of environmental health and toxicology resources. In recent years, the demand for, and availability of, information on health issues related to natural and man-made emergencies and disasters has increased. Recognizing that access to i...

Natural disasters may be powerful and prominent mechanisms of direct and indirect hazardous material (hazmat) releases. Hazardous materials that are released as the result of a technologic malfunction precipitated by a natural event are referred to as natural-technologic or na-tech events. Na-tech events pose unique environmental and human hazards. Disaster-associated hazardous material release...

1 State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 9 100875, China; [email protected] 10 2 College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Zhejiang 321004, China; 11 3 Key Laboratory of Regional Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; 12 4 Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal Unive...

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....

The wealth of environmental problems, plaguing us globally, requires special attention, largely due to the frequent indifference of citizens in the environmental decision-making process. Young people, as the future generation of decision makers, should receive proper education to prevent further environmental degradation. A summative international analysis of how the media framed when reporting...

This article explores certain international law aspects of the Bhopal disaster, namely the principles and rules of international law establishing international accountability for environmental damage; the criteria for determining the liability of the Union Carbide Company (U. S. A.) for the Bhopal disaster; the criteria for determining compensation; and the international remedies available to t...

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...

Environmental disaster was important issue to be solved. Current situation disasters such as flood, earthquake, tsunami, volcanoes and others could happened. This study aimed obtain information about the relationship between knowledge of preparedness behaviors behaviors. research a Sequential Explanatory combination consisting 2 variables, namely mitigation an independent variable (X) dependent...

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...