Assessments of large-scale disasters, such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, are problematic because while measurements of post-disturbance conditions are common, measurements of pre-disturbance baselines are only rarely available. Without adequate observations of pre-disaster organismal and environmental conditions, it is impossible to assess the impact of such catastrophes on animal populat...

Depending on their nature and severity, disasters can create large volumes of debris and waste. The waste can overwhelm existing solid waste management facilities and impact on other emergency response and recovery activities. If poorly managed, the waste can have significant environmental and public health impacts and can affect the overall recovery process. This paper presents a system overvi...

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...

We conducted in-depth interviews with 11 Korean Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) members about stress related to disaster relief work and analyzed the interview data using the Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) method in order to evaluate difficulties in disaster relief work and to develop solutions to these problems in cooperation with related organizations. Results showed that members typically...

Natural disasters, technologic disasters, and mass violence impact millions of persons each year. The use of primary health care services typically increases for 12 or more months following major disasters. A conceptual framework for assisting disaster victims involves understanding the individual and environmental risk factors that influence post-disaster physical and mental health. Victims of...

This research aims to determine the correlation between literacy, disaster knowledge, and environmental sensitivity towards clean living behavior of communities in disaster-prone areas. The data was collected through questionnaires analyzed by statistical software. 385 respondents from three different regions, coastal, urban, inland took part as respondents. results indicated that more than hal...

1 Student, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Kyoto University Kyoto, 615-8540, Japan, e-mail: [email protected] 2 Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Uji, 611-0011, Japan 3 Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Kyoto University Kyoto, 615-8540, Japan 4 Assistant Professor, Center for S...

background in the past 10 years, 13 fatal earthquakes have occurred in iran and led to death of 30,000 people whom most of them were killed in the earlier hours of the disaster. disaster medical assistance teams are groups of trained medical and non-medical personnel with various combinations that on the optimal conditions are deployed just within 8 hours of notification and are able to work se...

This data article presents the life cycle inventories of 20 transitional shelter solutions. The data was gathered from the reports 8 shelter designs [1]; 10 post-disaster shelter designs [2]; the environmental impact of brick production outside of Europe [3]; and the optimization of bamboo-based post-disaster housing units for tropical and subtropical regions using LCA methodologies [4]. These ...

The United Nations named 2010 as a year of natural disasters, and launched a worldwide campaign to improve the safety of schools and hospitals from natural disasters. In the region of South East Europe, Croatia and Serbia have suffered the greatest impacts of natural disasters on their communities and health facilities. In this paper the disaster management approaches of the two countries are c...