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Disaster Relief Aid
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 262

Disaster Relief Aid

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-05-07
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  • Publisher: Springer

Disaster Relief Aid: Changes and Challenges provides a comprehensive analysis of disaster relief efforts undertaken globally during the last several decades, and examines the changes and challenges that have emerged over time. The book evaluates the current state of disaster relief and discusses how it may be improved. The author examines salient features of disaster relief operations and provides an overview of the development of global humanitarian assistance programs. The book also explores how disaster aid is channelled from non-affected areas to affected areas. Using five major natural and man-made disasters as case studies, the book analyses the nature and extent of emergency relief ef...

Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 985

Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010-12-29
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  • Publisher: SAGE

Including 425 signed entries in a two-volume set presented in A-to-Z format, and drawing contributors from varied academic disciplines, entries examine disaster response and relief in a manner that is authoritative yet accessible, jargon-free, and balanced to help readers better understand issues from varied perspectives.

International Disaster Relief
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 136

International Disaster Relief

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Disasters, Relief and the Media
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 304

Disasters, Relief and the Media

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Disaster Relief
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 34

Disaster Relief

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-02-14
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  • Publisher: Raintree

Disaster Relief reveals the stories, people, and equipment behind the world's most dramatic rescues. Stunning photographs capture the drama and urgency of the missions, while concluding chapters look at the essential skills required by disaster relief workers, how readers can pursue a career as a disaster relief worker, and what they should do in the event of a real-life emergency.

Disaster Relief in the Asia Pacific
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 298

Disaster Relief in the Asia Pacific

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-01-03
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  • Publisher: Routledge

A UN report recently found that the Asia Pacific is the world’s most disaster-prone region. Indeed, considering that the region accounts for more than half of the total number of disasters in the world, building capacity and resilience to mitigate the devastating impact of disasters is a pressing task for local actors. This book takes a regional, multidisciplinary and multi-actor approach to improve understandings of how various actors respond to natural and human-induced disasters in the Asia-Pacific region. It examines the ideas and activities of four different categories of agents: civil society; military and state institutions; local cultural knowledge and the media; and economic initi...

Disaster Preparedness and the United Nations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 178

Disaster Preparedness and the United Nations

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-10-22
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  • Publisher: Elsevier

Disaster Preparedness and the United Nations: Advance Planning for Disaster Relief examines the roles and relationships of programs being implemented by the United Nations in the area of disaster relief and preparedness. The study focuses on the disaster preparedness activities of the United Nations; the programs designed to improve the preparedness posture of disaster-prone developing countries; and the programs designed to improve the disaster relief capabilities of the organizations. The book also provides a brief review of the relationship between disasters and development; a description of the international disaster relief system; and strategies for overcoming pitfalls in internal organizational arrangements. Researchers, international program administrators, and international studies students will find the book invaluable.

Pocket Field Guide for Disaster Health Professionals
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 311

Pocket Field Guide for Disaster Health Professionals

The Pocket Field Guide for Disaster Health Professionals: Missioncraft in Disaster Relief is a disaster management toolkit containing briefing checklists, systems profiles, assessment forms, reporting templates, project management worksheets, and other tools required in the field. It also provides mission-critical technical reference information adapted from internationally recognized sources. “Missioncraft” is the art and science of preparing and conducting effective field operations. This Field Guide enables disaster health professionals to collect and analyze critical information and then implement high-impact interventions in field settings. Tools and reference information are struct...

Governing Disasters
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 347

Governing Disasters

  • Categories: Law

Drawing on international, state and private sector case studies and a global survey, this book examines local engagement in disaster relief.

Historical Dictionary of Refugee and Disaster Relief Organizations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 424

Historical Dictionary of Refugee and Disaster Relief Organizations

Presents entries on refugee situations, man-made and natural disasters, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, basic concepts and technical expressions, and important persons. The material is for the most part confined to events and organization of the 20th century. Also included is an introductory essay broadly outlining the topic. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR