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Drennan, Lex, Jim McGowan, and Anne Tiernan. "Integrating Recovery within a Resilience Framework: Empirical Insights and Policy Implications from Regional Australia." Politics and Governance 4, no. 4 (December 28, 2016): 74–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v4i4.741.
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Within Australia’s federal system, responsibility for preventing, preparing for, responding to and recovering from natural disasters is shared between the three tiers of government. Intergovernmental policy and funding arrangements are premised on shared responsibility and aim to foster individual, business and community resilience. These arrangements underpin Australia’s international reputation for effectiveness in its management of natural disasters. The capacity of the diverse networks that comprise the disaster management system to coordinate and deliver in the preparedness and response phases of a disaster, and to provide relief in the immediate aftermath, has been developed over time and tested and refined through the experience of frequent, severe disaster events over recent decades. Less well developed is the system’s ability to support economic recovery in disaster-affected communities over the longer term. This paper presents case studies of regional communities affected by two of Australia’s most expensive and deadly natural disasters—the 2009 Victorian bushfires and the cyclones and floods that struck the state of Queensland in 2010–2011. It highlights significant gaps in policy and funding arrangements to support recovery and offers lessons for aligning recovery within a resilience framework.
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N. Madu, Christian, and Chu-Hua Kuei. "Disaster relief supply chain quality management (DRSCQM)." International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 31, no. 9 (September 30, 2014): 1052–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijqrm-08-2013-0136.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for disaster relief supply chain quality management (DRSCQM). Design/methodology/approach – This paper introduces a structured approach to making decisions in the following areas: system foundation, system constraints, initial sudden natural disaster encounter point(s), the intensity of disaster, the efficacy of the disaster relief supply chain systems, and post-disaster relief management. Findings – The context-intervention-mechanism-outcome logic provides guidelines for facilitating Lean Six Sigma to eliminate wastes and improve the overall performance of the DRSCQM. Research limitations/implications – The theoretical frameworks will enhance the current knowledge base in DRSCQM literature and will also be helpful to manage disaster relief operations and supply chains. However, there is a need to conduct empirical studies based on the proposed frameworks in the future. Practical implications – A transformation process based on Dr Deming's plan-do-check-act cycle has also been proposed to show how a relief organization can assess its current maturity level, react to it, develop more sustainable disaster relief practices, and move the entire system in the right direction. Social implications – The systemic and holistic procedure developed in this paper views the environment of disaster relief as dynamic, complex, chaotic, and ever-changing and takes into account the fact that relief organizations’ actions often involve a team of diverse specialists working on a project basis. Originality/value – The framework presented here helps to improve the efficiency and the effectiveness of disaster relief supply chain management. This is timely and important now as there continues to be an increase in climate-related natural disasters.
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Zhang, Linlin, and Na Cui. "Humanitarian logistics and emergency relief management: hot perspectives and its optimization approach." E3S Web of Conferences 245 (2021): 03036. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202124503036.
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Post-disaster humanitarian relief is full of importance, complexity and difficulty, which makes people pay more attentions to various disaster relief measures and emergency management practices related to disaster preventions and reductions. The main purpose of humanitarian relief is to protect the lives of the victims in the affected areas and provide victims with the indispensable relief materials to survive from the unexpected disaster. Therefore, this paper puts its focus on some key decisions raised in the process of post-disaster humanitarian relief activities and summarizes the state-of-the-art researches in the area of critical emergency facility location, relief material allocation, emergency vehicle routing and the incorporation of the interests of the victims in the modeling framework. Specifically, through the analysis, this paper draws some key questions that can be further explored in the current research, in order to lay the foundation for the follow-up research, and can better serve the emergency rescue transportation practice under disaster conditions.
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Faghawari, D. Nyanayon and Edih, O. University. "Disaster Management and Relief Operations in Volatile Environments: A Journalistic Survey of the Niger Delta Region (Perspective)." Economit Journal: Scientific Journal of Accountancy, Management and Finance 2, no. 3 (January 4, 2023): 283–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/economit.v2i3.820.
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Disasters have been described as sudden and unpleasant experience which are rather inevitable to man's existence. Hence, the need to understand the dynamics of disaster management and relief operations is timely considering the massive destruction of lives, properties and infrastructures occasioned by covid'19 pandemic as well as the 2022 flood disaster. This study therefore, examines disaster management and relief operations in volatile environments , the Niger Delta region perspective and the objectives are, to understand the dynamics of disaster management and relief operations, to understand the skills or techniques in managing disasters and relief operations and to create public awareness on the essence of knowing the basic tips of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery on disaster management. The paper is considered sequentially as follows; introduction, concept of disaster management, components of disaster management, relief operations techniques and conclusion. This research work will further enhance public sensitization and understanding the dynamics of disaster management. It will serve as a guide to governments and other stakeholders in formulating policies and programmes on disaster management and relief operations in Nigeria.
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Ricci, Edmund M. "A Model for Evaluation of Disaster Management." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 1, S1 (1985): 30–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00043685.
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Our ability to manage disaster relief activities at regional, national or international levels of socio-political organization has, according to many analysts, not kept pace with the knowledge and technical capability presently available to contend with disasters. In a report released in 1977 a panel of experts assembled by the United Nations Association characterized disaster relief efforts as being routinely mismanaged. For example, the panel described what has been considered one of the better organized disaster relief efforts (the 1976 earthquake in Guatamala) in the following way.
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Pushpa Kumar, L., and S. Asta Lakshmi. "Disaster Management: Humanitarian Logistics in Relief Operations." Global Journal of Enterprise Information System 7, no. 1 (March 1, 2015): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.18311/gjeis/2015/3041.
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Disasters are both natural and manmade that result in widespread loss to living beings and property. Even though completely avoid - ing disasters may not be possible; their impact can be managed if interventions are planned and executed properly in time. Having appropriate relief logistics to manage such eventualities is cru - cial to disaster management. Adding humanitarian angle to relief operations gives human face to disaster management. Current book is written with an objective of providing knowledge on disaster management with particular emphasis on humanitarian logistics in relief operations.
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GOYET, CLAUDE DE VILLE DE. "Post Disaster Relief: The Supply -Management Challenge." Disasters 17, no. 2 (June 1993): 169–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.1993.tb01144.x.
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Walunjkar, Gajanan Madhavrao, Anne Koteswara Rao, and V. Srinivasa Rao. "Disaster Relief Management Using Reinforcement Learning-Based Routing." International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking 17, no. 1 (January 2021): 24–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijbdcn.2021010102.
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Effective disaster management is required for the peoples who are trapped in the disaster scenario but unfortunately when disaster situation occurs the infrastructure support is no longer available to the rescue team. Ad hoc networks which are infrastructure-less networks can easily deploy in such situation. In disaster area mobility model, disaster area is divided into different zones such as incident zone, casualty treatment zones, transport areas, hospital zones, etc. Also, in order to tackle high mobility of nodes and frequent failure of links in a network, there is a need of adaptive routing protocol. Reinforcement learning is used to design such adaptive routing protocol which shows good improvement in packet delivery ratio, delay and average energy consumed.
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Winarni, Luh Nila, Cokorde Istri Dian Laksmi Dewi, Anak Agung Gde Raka, and Ni Putu Tirka Widanti. "The Legal Politic in Countermeasure the Crime in Funding and Management of Disaster Assistance." Sociological Jurisprudence Journal 4, no. 1 (February 25, 2021): 31–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.22225/scj.4.1.2265.31-38.
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Indonesian geographical, geological and hydrological regions are disaster-prone areas. Disaster-prone is the geological, biological, hydrological, climatological, geographical, social, cultural, political, economic and technological conditions or characteristics of a region for a certain period of time that reduce the ability in preventing, reducing, achieving readiness, and reduce the ability to respond to adverse impacts of certain hazards. People's behavior that damages the environment also tends to increase the number of disasters. Seeing such conditions, the government has compiled a policy to allocate budgets for pre-disaster, during emergency response, and post-disaster development. This government policy is also supported by the contributions of community in providing disaster relief. A bad disaster management system can be a gap to commit criminal acts against funds and disaster relief. In this study, two issues will be discussed, namely legal politics in funding and managing disaster relief and the legal consequences of criminal acts in funding and management of disaster relief. The legal politics in disaster relief funding and management are outlined in The Act Number 24 of 2007 concerning Disaster Management and Republic of Indonesia Government Regulation Number 22 of 2008 concerning Funding and Management of Disaster Assistance. The legal consequences of criminal acts of funding and management of disaster assistance are criminal penalties ranging from imprisonment, fines, or capital punishment
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İlhan, Ali. "The Humanitarian Relief Chain." South East European Journal of Economics and Business 6, no. 2 (November 1, 2011): 45–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10033-011-0015-x.
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The Humanitarian Relief Chain Supply Chain Management is a concept that originated and flourished in the manufacturing industry and has been subsequently adapted to many different areas. At present Disaster Management is one of those areas to which it has been adapted. Disaster Management is the set of rules for the coordination of activities at the disaster area and the rational usage of resources. During a disaster several logistics decisions should be made. The unpredictability of global emergencies (e.g., volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floods) and the stakes of the adequate and timely delivery of the goods/services and challenge of managing material flow in the relief operations, which hold as their ultimate objective the delivery of the appropriate level of resources to locations worldwide in order to minimize human suffering and loss of life.
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Nolz, Pamela C., Karl F. Doerner, and Richard F. Hartl. "Water distribution in disaster relief." International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 40, no. 8/9 (September 7, 2010): 693–708. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09600031011079337.
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Bremer, Rannveig. "Policy Development in Disaster Preparedness and Management: Lessons Learned from the January 2001 Earthquake in Gujarat, India." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 18, no. 4 (December 2003): 372–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00001345.
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AbstractIntroduction:During the last decades, several humanitarian emergencies have occurred, with an increasing number of humanitarian organizations taking part in providing assistance. However, need assessments, medical intelligence, and coordination of the aid often are sparse, resulting in the provision of ineffective and expensive assistance. When an earthquake with the strength of 7.7 on the Richter scale struck the state of Gujarat, India, during the early morning on 26 January 2001, nearly 20,000 persons were killed, nearly 170,000 were injured, and 600,000 were rendered homeless. This study identifies how assigned indicators to measure the level of health care may improve disaster preparedness and management, thus, reducing human suffering.Methods:During a two-week mission in the disaster area, the disaster relief provided to the disaster-affected population of Gujarat was evaluated. Vulnerability due to climate, geography, culture, religion, gender, politics, and economy, as each affected the outcome, was studied. By assigning indicators to the eight ELEMENTS of the Primary Health Care System as advocated by the World Health Organization (WHO), the level of public health and healthcare services were estimated, an evaluation of the impact of the disaster was conducted, and possible methods for improving disaster management are suggested. Representatives of the major relief organizations involved were interviewed on their relief policies. Strategies to improve disaster relief, such as policy development in the different aspects of public health/primary health care, were sought.Results:Evaluation of the pre-event status of the affected society revealed a complex situation in a vulnerable society with substantial deficiencies in the existing health system that added to the severity of the disaster. Most of the civilian hospitals had collapsed, and army field hospitals provided medical care to most of the patients under primitive conditions using tents. When the foreign field hospitals arrived 5 to 7 days after the earthquake, most of the casualties requiring surgical intervention already had been operated on. Relief provided to the disaster victims had reduced quality for the following reasons: (1) proper public health indicators had not yet been developed; (2) efficient coordination was lacking; (3) insufficient, overestimated, or partly irrelevant relief was provided; (4) relief was delayed because of bureaucracy; and (5) policies on the delivery of disaster relief had not been developed.Conclusion:To optimize the effectiveness of limited resources, disaster preparedness and the provision of feasible and necessary aid is of utmost importance. An appropriate, rapid, crisis intervention could be achieved by continual surveillance of the world's situation by a Relief Coordination Center. A panel of experts could evaluate and coordinate the international disaster responses and make use of stored emergency material and emergency teams. A successful disaster response will depend on accurate and relevant medical intelligence and socio-geographical mapping in advance of, during, and after the event(s) causing the disaster. More effective and feasible equipment coordinated with the relief provided by the rest of the world is necessary. If policies and agreements are developed as part of disaster preparedness, on international, bilateral, and national levels, disaster relief may be more relevant, less chaotic, and easier to estimate, thus, bringing improved relief to the disaster victims.
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Wu, Wei-Ning, and Ssu-Ming Chang. "Collaboration Mechanisms of Taiwan Nonprofit Organizations in Disaster Relief Efforts: Drawing Lessons from the Wenchuan Earthquake and Typhoon Morakot." Sustainability 10, no. 11 (November 21, 2018): 4328. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10114328.
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Participation of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) is important in emergency management because NPOs often work in conjunction with governments to offer assistance and resources in the emergency management process. NPO participation in disaster relief efforts is a valuable experience for public officials and practitioners, but research investigating NPOs’ experiences in disaster relief efforts is limited. This study examines Taiwan’s NPO collaboration mechanisms during disaster relief efforts and specifically examines the lessons drawn from two major catastrophes by focusing on the opinions of NPO managers in the 88 Flooding Service Alliance who joined the disaster relief operation for the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China and 2009 Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan. The vital strategies and factors that contributed to successful NPO collaborations in disaster relief operations were determined through a survey on NPOs’ strategies for resource sharing and service integration and semi-structured interviews with 19 NPO managers. The findings indicate that NPO engagement in disaster services was crucial for the relief efforts of the two disaster events, and that long-term disaster service alliances are effective mechanisms for emergency collaboration in relief work.
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Kovel, Jacob, and Roozbeh Kangari. "Planning for Disaster-Relief Construction." Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice 121, no. 4 (October 1995): 207–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)1052-3928(1995)121:4(207).
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Bai, Gexue, Yunlong Hou, and Baofeng Wan. "Comparative analysis of emergency relief management system for debris flow and other geological disasters." BCP Social Sciences & Humanities 17 (April 24, 2022): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.54691/bcpssh.v17i.602.
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Emergency relief management is the basis of national development. In recent decades, many countries at home and abroad have gradually established a sound emergency relief system, including institutional settings, legal construction and other aspects. China started late. After the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and the 2010 Zhouqu debris flow geological disaster, China's emergency relief management system developed rapidly and achieved gratifying results. Based on the basic emergency relief management system of Lanzhou City and Longnan City, this paper compares with foreign emergency relief systems, such as the United States, Japan and Australia. Also, this paper analyzes and summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of emergency relief systems in different countries, so as to provide reference for the development of disaster prevention system in China, and effectively improve the management system of disaster prevention and resistance in China.
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Bai, Gexue, Yunlong Hou, and Baofeng Wan. "Comparative analysis of emergency relief management system for debris flow and other geological disasters." BCP Social Sciences & Humanities 17 (April 24, 2022): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.54691/bcpssh.v17i.602.
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Emergency relief management is the basis of national development. In recent decades, many countries at home and abroad have gradually established a sound emergency relief system, including institutional settings, legal construction and other aspects. China started late. After the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and the 2010 Zhouqu debris flow geological disaster, China's emergency relief management system developed rapidly and achieved gratifying results. Based on the basic emergency relief management system of Lanzhou City and Longnan City, this paper compares with foreign emergency relief systems, such as the United States, Japan and Australia. Also, this paper analyzes and summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of emergency relief systems in different countries, so as to provide reference for the development of disaster prevention system in China, and effectively improve the management system of disaster prevention and resistance in China.
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Kebriyaii, Omid, Marzieh Hamzehei, and Mohammad Khalilzadeh. "A disaster relief commodity supply chain network considering emergency relief volunteers: a case study." Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management 11, no. 3 (April 9, 2021): 493–521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jhlscm-08-2020-0073.
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PurposeThe number of natural and man-made disasters is remarkable and threatened human lives at the time of occurrence and also after that. Therefore, an efficient response following a disaster can eliminate or mitigate the adverse effects. This paper aims to help address those challenges related to humanitarian logistics by considering disaster network design under uncertainty and the management of emergency relief volunteers simultaneously.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, a robust fuzzy stochastic programming model is proposed for designing a relief commodity supply chain network in a disaster by considering emergency relief volunteers. To demonstrate the practicality of the proposed model, a case study is presented for the 22 districts of Tehran and solved by an exact method.FindingsThe results indicate that there are many parameters affecting the design of a relief commodity supply chain network in a disaster, and also many parameters should be controlled so that, the catastrophe is largely prevented and the lives of many people can be saved by sending the relief commodity on time.Practical implicationsThis model helps decision-makers and authorities to explore optimal location and allocation decisions without using complex optimization algorithms.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, employee workforce management models have not received adequate attention despite their role in relief and recovery efforts. Hence, the proposed model focuses on the problem of managing employees and designing a disaster logistics network simultaneously. The robust fuzzy stochastic programming method is applied for the first time for controlling the uncertainties in the design of humanitarian relief supply chains.
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Phuengpha, Noppawan, Bambang Supriyono, Andy Fefta Wijaya, and Sujarwoto Sujarwoto. "A model of collaborative management in disaster relief." MATEC Web of Conferences 229 (2018): 02004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201822902004.
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This paper elaborates on the collaborative management model for disaster relief by using systematic reviews. The focus point in humanitarian aids actors who collaborate in disaster relief approach. It does not focus on the collaborative management model in the subdivision of one organization. The authors’ review based on a disaster event or relevant activities. The result shows that most of the collaborative management in this approach work with state level, representative of the international organization located in the affected country and international level. Less of the case that society gets involved. Some case they work with the military in term of logistics that outstanding case. This approach can explain by the umbrella’s model of Proulx et al. (2014) that all actors make strategic direction and operate under an umbrella organization. The importance of obstacles is communication and networking.
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Cayirci, Erdal, and Tolga Coplu. "SENDROM: Sensor networks for disaster relief operations management." Wireless Networks 13, no. 3 (June 12, 2006): 409–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11276-006-5684-5.
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Ozen, Merve, and Ananth Krishnamurthy. "Evaluating relief center designs for disaster relief distribution." Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management 8, no. 1 (April 3, 2018): 22–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jhlscm-03-2017-0012.
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Purpose Relief item distribution to victims is a key activity during disaster response. Currently many humanitarian organizations follow simple guidelines based on experience to assess need and distribute relief supplies. However, the interviews with practitioners suggest a problem in efficiency in relief distribution efforts. The purpose of this paper is to develop a model and solution methodology that can estimate relief center (RC) performance, measured by waiting time for victims and throughput, for any RC design and analyze the impact of key design decisions on these performance measures. Design/methodology/approach Interviews with practitioners and current practice guidelines are used to understand relief distribution and a queuing network model is used to represent the relief distribution. Finally, the model is applied to data from the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Findings The findings identify that dissipating congestion created by crowds, varying item assignment decisions to points of distribution, limiting the physical RC capacity to control congestion and using triage queue to balance distribution times, are effective strategies that can improve RC performance. Research limitations/implications This research bases the RC designs on Federal Emergency Management Agency guidelines and assumes a certain area and volunteer availability. Originality/value This paper contributes to humanitarian logistics by discussing useful insights that can impact how relief agencies set up and operate RCs. It also contributes to the queuing literature by deriving analytic solutions for the steady state probabilities of finite capacity, state dependent queues with blocking.
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Tasnim, Zerin, Abu Bakar A. Hamid, Yogesh K. Dwivedi, and Mahmud A. Shareef. "Sustainable disaster supply chain management for relief operations in Bangladesh." Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management 12, no. 2 (January 7, 2022): 285–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jhlscm-07-2021-0062.
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PurposeNumber of disastrous events are rising globally, and it is important to manage the humanitarian supply chain management process to assist the disaster affected individuals in terms of relief operations. Effective relief operations can help to recover the materialistic loss due to any disaster. But there is a paucity of studies regarding this issue for developing countries. This study, hence, inspected the factors that affect the disaster supply chain management (DSCM) processes for relief operations in Bangladesh.Design/methodology/approachThis study examined the factors affecting relief operations through a qualitative analysis. This study used thematic analysis. Interviews were conducted with related supply chain individuals who were triangulated by data from related publications and blogs.FindingsThe study showed that sustainable DSCM for relief operations in Bangladesh require addressing few factors as organizational capabilities, warehousing locations and inventory management, infrastructure facility, coordination among partners, government and local authority support to create a transparent, efficient, effective and sustainable DSCM process for relief operations in Bangladesh. The system loopholes can be identified and rectified on the base of these factors.Research limitations/implicationsThe number of interview respondents was limited to twenty who were selected randomly from four organizations. To create a sustainable disaster supply chain management (SCM) for relief operations few factors were considered as predominant factors in Bangladesh context to generalize the developing country contexts and other factors were not considered. Therefore, for farther humanitarian research, the model of this study can be used for quantitative research and the hypotheses can be tested empirically to get more acute findings.Practical implicationsAs this study identifies the factors which can help to create a sustainable DSCM system for relief operations, hence practically, Bangladesh humanitarian SCM agencies will be beneficial from this study. They can easily recognize the factors need to be considered to create a sustainable DSCM process for relief operations.Originality/valueThis is a unique study carried out to examine the factors affecting DSCM process for relief operations in Bangladesh.
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Cuny, Frederick C. "Introduction to Disaster Management: Lesson 3—Natural Disaster Assistance and Relief Operations." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 8, no. 2 (June 1993): 187–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00040322.
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Yang, Qing, Jinmei Wang, Xingxing Liu, and Jiajia Xia. "MAS-Based Interaction Simulation within Asymmetric Information on Emergency Management of Urban Rainstorm Disaster." Complexity 2020 (October 26, 2020): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1759370.
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The frequent occurrence of urban waterlogging constantly affects resident living and urban construction. Improved adaptive prevention and control strategies are highly requested due to huge economic losses and casualties caused by flood and waterlogging in China. The urban waterlogging may evolve into a serious emergency, generally characterized by high complexity, uncertainty, and time pressure. Coupled with the asymmetric information, waterlogging often exacerbates the impact of urban rainstorm disasters. Through the multi-agent system simulation with given geographic information, government and residents interact under dynamic risk distribution in rainstorm disaster. The results show that the proactive attitude of residents and the government towards disaster relief could have a promoting effect for both, thereby increasing the disaster relief efficiency. Obviously, rapid accurate information collection and analysis facilitate disaster relief to a large extent. Meanwhile, appropriate supply rather than excessive supply may mobilize residents’ self-help and balance replenishment of relief supplies.
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Ma, Ke, Hong Yan, Yusen Ye, Dao Zhou, and Dongce Ma. "Critical Decision-Making Issues in Disaster Relief Supply Management: A Review." Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience 2022 (July 4, 2022): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1105839.
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This paper comprehensively reviews the literature related to disaster relief supply management in recent years by taking the perspectives of three critical decision-making issues, i.e., coordination issues, facility location decisions, and inventory decisions. For each decision-making issue discussed, we clarify the barriers of current research papers and identify the major challenges and critical factors that should be considered. In the following, we present the perspectives on the road of coordination between multiple relief actors, characterize the location decisions of relief facilities with a variety of optimization objectives, and emphasize the importance of relief supply varieties and critical factors in the decisions of disaster relief inventories. Future research directions are recommended for further discussions.
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Bhattarai, Raj Kumar. "Behind Disaster Management: Resiliency in Cultural Configuration." Journal of Business and Social Sciences 1, no. 1 (December 3, 2018): 88–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jbss.v1i1.22831.
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The paper discovers the worth of a resilient culture in the course of disaster management following 2015’s Nepal Earthquake. An empirical investigation into the activities of rescues, rescuers, government authorities, humanitarian agencies, and civil societies indicates that the effectiveness of rescue, relief, recovery, and reconstruction activities are influenced by their cultural resiliency. The discovery process involved field visits, personal observation and experience, interviews, literature review and discourse analysis as well as interpretation. The study concentrated on the issues concerning the areas of rescue operations, logistics, information sharing, supply chains, shelter management, relief packages distribution, actors’ coordination, and socio-cultural immunity and elasticity to the crisis conditions. This paper draws a conclusion that resilience in cultural configuration enhances effectiveness in the process of disaster management.
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Bhattarai, Raj Kumar. "Behind Disaster Management: Resiliency in Cultural Configuration." Journal of Business and Social Sciences 2, no. 1 (December 3, 2018): 88–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jbss.v2i1.22831.
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The paper discovers the worth of a resilient culture in the course of disaster management following 2015’s Nepal Earthquake. An empirical investigation into the activities of rescues, rescuers, government authorities, humanitarian agencies, and civil societies indicates that the effectiveness of rescue, relief, recovery, and reconstruction activities are influenced by their cultural resiliency. The discovery process involved field visits, personal observation and experience, interviews, literature review and discourse analysis as well as interpretation. The study concentrated on the issues concerning the areas of rescue operations, logistics, information sharing, supply chains, shelter management, relief packages distribution, actors’ coordination, and socio-cultural immunity and elasticity to the crisis conditions. This paper draws a conclusion that resilience in cultural configuration enhances effectiveness in the process of disaster management.
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Dobie, Sarah, Jennifer Schneider, Muhammet Kesgin, and Rick Lagiewski. "Hotels as Critical Hubs for Destination Disaster Resilience: An Analysis of Hotel Corporations’ CSR Activities Supporting Disaster Relief and Resilience." Infrastructures 3, no. 4 (October 18, 2018): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures3040046.
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Disaster management has begun to examine the unique role of the private sector in disaster relief. The hotel and lodging industry is an especially critical infrastructure for community disaster relief and resilience, providing many lifeline services in addition to core skills and competencies contributing to the community’s social and human capital. Social and human capital empower the community to better cope with disturbance, and companies’ efforts to build social and human capital are often tied to their corporate social responsibility (CSR) management systems. A framework was developed to evaluate the management system maturity of the hotel and lodging industry’s CSR management for disaster relief and resilience. An analysis of three hotel and lodging corporations was performed to understand the current state of the industry. While many hotel properties are engaging in CSR activities during disaster relief, the analysis revealed that corporate management systems have room for maturation and growth to support the resilience of their community.
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Allen, Lai Yu-Hung. "Organizational Collaborative Capacities in Disaster Management: Evidence from the Taiwan Red Cross Organization." Asian Journal of Social Science 39, no. 4 (2011): 446–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853111x597279.
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Abstract In the post disaster situation, relief organizations are expected to learn and adjust their capacity to collaborate with other major players such as nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and local workers. In other words, effective responses to disasters require capacity for collaboration on the part of emergency response agencies; however in disaster affected area, not every relief organization is equally capable of doing so. The capacity for organizations to collaborate with others in and after a disaster does not occur spontaneously or in a vacuum. Since organizational collaborative capacity is essential in disaster relief, it is imperative to present empirical evidence regarding organizational collaborative capacity. The purpose of this paper is to develop a working theory of what characteristics an emergency response organization needs in order to develop collaborative capacity. We analyze collaborative capacities by examining two events: the 2004 Asian Tsunami and the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake. This piece argues that collaborative capacity, defined by purpose, structure communication and resources, is a requisite for collaboration in a post disaster situation. The implications for practitioners and scholars in post disaster society are discussed.
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Clay Whybark, D. "Issues in managing disaster relief inventories." International Journal of Production Economics 108, no. 1-2 (July 2007): 228–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.12.012.
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Maulida, Hilda. "The Implementation of Disaster Management and Legal Protection for Disaster Relief Volunteers (Case of Central Java Province, Indonesia)." Journal of Law and Legal Reform 1, no. 3 (April 30, 2020): 415–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/jllr.v1i3.37091.
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Regulation of the Head (Perka) of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Number 17 of 2011 concerning the Disaster Management Voluntary Guidelines which in addition to being a volunteer guideline also regulates voluntary obligations and rights. Of the three volunteer rights contained in the Perka, there is one volunteer right that is not explained in detail, namely the volunteer's right to get legal protection in the implementation of disaster management tasks. This study uses a qualitative research approach, a type of juridical-sociological research, the focus of research on legal protection for disaster relief volunteers in carrying out disaster management tasks, research locations in the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Central Java Province, primary and secondary data sources, and uses interactive analysis models. The implementation of disaster management in Central Java Province BPBD and the form of legal protection for disaster relief volunteers in the implementation of disaster management tasks in Central Java Province BPBD. The implementation of disaster management tasks in the Central Java Province BPBD is guided by three stages, namely the pre-disaster stage, the emergency response stage, and the post-disaster stage. While the form of legal protection for disaster relief volunteers in the implementation of disaster management tasks in BPBD Central Java Province in the form of physical, psychological, and mental health insurance during carrying out disaster management activities.
Keywords: Legal Protection; Volunteer; Disaster management.
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Sung, Gihwan, Yongsang Kim, and Sunwoong Yoo. "A Study on the Improvement of the Disaster Relief Donation System." Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation 21, no. 3 (June 30, 2021): 61–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.9798/kosham.2021.21.3.61.
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This study discussed the need for restructuring the disaster relief fundraising system in South Korea. To that end, it examined the management system and characteristics of disaster relief donations. In addition, the study drew implications by comparing domestic and overseas disaster relief donation systems and analyzing important precedents related to disaster relief donations. The analysis revealed that the domestic disaster relief fundraising system is based on the classification of disasters into natural and social disasters, which the study contended is not suitable in the current scenario given the recent trend of large and complex disasters. Overseas disaster donation systems were not found to be based on such a dual classification. Moreover, it was confirmed that various forms of support were being provided to revitalize donations overseas. It may also be unconstitutional for donations to be based on such a classification because the system violates the basic spirit of the Constitution by limiting the right to freedom and pursuit of happiness of donors and charitable organizations participating in disaster relief funding. Historical changes in the donation law have changed the orientation from regulation to promotion of a donation system with a mature donation culture. In this context, the following proposals were made to improve the domestic disaster relief donation system. First, the study recommended the unification of the donation system for natural and social disasters in light of the occurrence of multiple disasters. Second, it advocated a transition away from the current system of monopolistic fund management in order to revitalize various disaster relief fundraising institutions.
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Dachyar, Muhammad, Yadrifil Yadrifil, and Idrus Fahreza. "INVENTORY MANAGEMENT DESIGN FOR A RAPID DISASTER RELIEF, TOWARDS INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) POTENTIAL." EUREKA: Physics and Engineering 6 (November 30, 2019): 9–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.21303/2461-4262.2019.001079.
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All victims in a disaster situation need rapid assistance, yet in some cases this goal not accompanied by an ideal recording system on their logistic inventory management. This study aims to achieve inventory management systems for disaster logistics and their delivery in a fast response time and to create a rapid disaster relief distribution process through the implementation of Internet of Things (IoT). In disaster management agencies, the Business Process Reengineering (BPR) approach and IoT implementation are used. The proposed model resulted in a 44.92 percent increase in the time efficiency of logistical relief distribution, which previously took 64.34 hours to 35.44 hours.
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,, Sandeep Bhattacharjee. "A Novel Method for Disaster Relief Management: CMQI System." MANTHAN: Journal of Commerce and Management 7, no. 1 (June 30, 2020): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.17492/manthan.v7i1.195706.
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Patrisina, R., D. Meilani, and M. Habib. "An information management system for effective disaster relief operations." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 708, no. 1 (April 1, 2021): 012066. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/708/1/012066.
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INGRAM, JAMES. "Food and Disaster Relief: Issues of Management and Policy1." Disasters 12, no. 1 (March 1988): 12–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.1988.tb01149.x.
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Toyasaki, Fuminori, Emel Arikan, Lena Silbermayr, and Ioanna Falagara Sigala. "Disaster Relief Inventory Management: Horizontal Cooperation between Humanitarian Organizations." Production and Operations Management 26, no. 6 (December 7, 2016): 1221–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/poms.12661.
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Owusu-Kwateng, Kwame, Munir Abdul Hamid, and Bernice Debrah. "Disaster relief logistics operation: an insight from Ghana." International Journal of Emergency Services 6, no. 1 (May 2, 2017): 4–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijes-10-2016-0022.
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Purpose Coordinating logistics in the midst of a relief operation is often an overwhelming job that can jeopardise the human life and assets if not done rapidly and practicably. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performance of relief logistics in a disaster situation in Ghana with emphasis on the coordination of emergency relief operation and effectiveness of inventory management. Design/methodology/approach A stratified sampling method was employed to a sample of 134 respondents from regional, district and municipal offices in the National Disaster Management Organisation in Ghana using a self-administered questionnaire. Findings The findings from this study revealed an effective assessment time but late delivery of relief items. They also revealed issues with respect to resource availability, inventory management and coordination with relief actors which resulted in slow response to affected population. Practical implications The result from this study reveals an ineffective disaster relief response. The practical implications of this issue have been highlighted. In addition, ways to effectively address this issue have been discussed. Originality/value Drawing insight from previous work and study finding, the paper presents a framework for effective relief logistics operation focussing on all relevant actors in each phase of disaster.
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Doerner, Karl F., Walter J. Gutjahr, and Luk Van Wassenhove. "Special issue on optimization in disaster relief." OR Spectrum 33, no. 3 (June 18, 2011): 445–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00291-011-0262-3.
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Noguchi, Norihito, Satoshi Inoue, Chisato Shimanoe, Kaoru Shibayama, Hitomi Matsunaga, Sae Tanaka, Akina Ishibashi, and Koichi Shinchi. "What Kinds of Skills Are Necessary for Physicians Involved in International Disaster Response?" Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 31, no. 4 (May 25, 2016): 397–406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x16000418.
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AbstractIntroductionPhysicians are key disaster responders in foreign medical teams (FMTs) that provide medical relief to affected people. However, few studies have examined the skills required for physicians in real, international, disaster-response situations.ProblemThe objectives of this study were to survey the primary skills required for physicians from a Japanese FMT and to examine whether there were differences in the frequencies of performed skills according to demographic characteristics, previous experience, and dispatch situations to guide future training and certification programs.MethodsThis cross-sectional survey used a self-administered questionnaire given to 64 physicians with international disaster-response site experience. The questionnaire assessed demographic characteristics (sex, age, years of experience as a physician, affiliation, and specialty), previous experience (domestic disaster-relief experience, international disaster-relief experience, or disaster medicine training experience), and dispatch situation (length of dispatch, post-disaster phase, disaster type, and place of dispatch). In addition, the frequencies of 42 performed skills were assessed via a five-point Likert scale. Descriptive statistics were used to assess the participants’ characteristics and total scores as the frequencies of performed skills. Mean scores for surgical skills, health care-related skills, public health skills, and management and coordination skills were compared according to the demographic characteristics, previous experience, and dispatch situations.ResultsFifty-two valid questionnaires (81.3% response rate) were collected. There was a trend toward higher skill scores among those who had more previous international disaster-relief experience (P=.03). The more disaster medicine training experience the participants had, the higher their skill score was (P<.001). Physicians reported involvement in 23 disaster-relief response skills, nine of which were performed frequently. There was a trend toward higher scores for surgical skills, health care-related skills, and management and coordination skills related to more disaster medicine training experience.ConclusionThis study’s findings can be used as evidence to boost the frequency of physicians’ performed skills by promoting previous experience with international disaster relief and disaster medicine training. Additionally, these results may contribute to enhancing the quality of medical practice in the international disaster relief and disaster training curricula.NoguchiN, InoueS, ShimanoeC, ShibayamaK, MatsunagaH, TanakaS, IshibashiA, ShinchiK. What kinds of skills are necessary for physicians involved in international disaster response?Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(4):397–406.
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Inoue, Yuhei, and Cody T. Havard. "Sport and disaster relief: a content analysis." Disaster Prevention and Management 24, no. 3 (June 1, 2015): 355–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dpm-12-2014-0276.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore disaster relief activities implemented by high-profile sport organisations and athletes. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 70 newspaper and magazine articles reporting the disaster relief efforts of sport organisations and athletes in various regions were identified and analysed through a content analysis. Findings – The authors find 11 forms of activities that sport organisations and athletes have implemented to provide social support in post-disaster situations. These forms are classified based on type of post-disaster social support: eight forms are categorised as tangible support, while the other three are categorised as emotional support. Research limitations/implications – The findings are based on the analysis of the news media that predominantly reported North American cases, and the current list of disaster relief activities may exclude some activities ignored by these specific data sources. Using the forms of disaster relief activities identified in this study as an initial framework, future studies should engage in the focused analysis of disaster response among sport organisations and athletes. Practical implications – The comprehensive list of the disaster relief activities identified by this study should aid the decision-making of sport organisations and athletes in facing disasters and enable them to better prepare for their disaster response. Originality/value – This study reveals the extensiveness and uniqueness of disaster relief activities currently implemented by sport organisations and athletes.
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A Gregory, Mark, Kaye Scholfield, Khandakar Ahmed, Dorothy McLaren, James Williams, and Helen Marshall. "Warrnambool Exchange Fire — Resilience and Emergency Management." Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy 2, no. 4 (May 26, 2020): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.18080/jtde.v2n4.274.
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Effective emergency management of a disaster at a single point of failure is vital if the effects of the disaster are to be mitigated. The immediate impacts of a disaster highlight stakeholder perspectives. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to every disaster. Nevertheless, analysing features, aftermath, impact and interim services made available after a disaster provide lessons that can be utilised to avert or mitigate the effects of similar events in the future. This paper provides lessons learnt from a fire that occurred in 2012 in the Warrnambool telephone exchange located in Victoria, Australia and proposes a strategy that provides increased network resilience and more effective emergency management once the copper-based core switching in exchanges is progressively replaced by fibre service area modules.
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Salam, Mohammad Asif, and Sami A. Khan. "Lessons from the humanitarian disaster logistics management." Benchmarking: An International Journal 27, no. 4 (March 21, 2020): 1455–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bij-04-2019-0165.
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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to draw lessons for logistics management in humanitarian disasters, using the earthquake in Haiti as a case study. In Haiti, there were problems with the logistical response. This study investigates the humanitarian logistics challenges faced by various stakeholders in Haiti during the disaster-relief operations.Design/methodology/approachIn this exploratory case study, the central methodology used was data triangulation. Data triangulation involved interviews with respondents grouped into three categories, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the military establishment and the governmental agencies. Prominence is given to the common themes expressed by each group. These common themes are then compared to the themes of other groups to identify opportunities and problems for future disaster relief operations.FindingsThe study indicates that there is a clear gap in terms of how the humanitarian efforts were coordinated between different actors. Lack of civil–military cooperation and coordination was one of the findings from the interviews, and many of the resources and initiatives were overlapping or redundant. Timeliness and efficiency need to be at the forefront of all planning and would result in more saved lives and reduced human suffering. The key goal of humanitarian logistics stipulates is to form connections and relationships, which was well illustrated through the informants' interviews. It was found that organizing different stakeholders/actors to work together by sharing processes and distribution channels demands a vision that goes beyond logistics management. Government agencies, the military establishment, NGOs, locals and victims need to collaborate to create a synergy in generating solutions that are tailored to the shock of the disaster in the first place.Research limitations/implicationsThe current study relies on a single case study approach as disaster scenarios are unique in terms of their impact, magnitude, timing and location. Despite these limitations, this study provides a detailed account of the logistical challenges in dealing with the disaster that took place in Haiti. The logistics-related lessons learned from this case study should be carefully applied in other settings, taken into consideration contextual differences.Practical implicationsOne important aspect of measuring efficiency for any commercial logistics system is key performance indicators (KPIs) that indicate how well the firm is doing in managing its inbound and outbound operations. From a practical standpoint, the Haiti case raised a challenging concern with regard to how to measure the performance of humanitarian disaster logistics. This is a starting point to understand the dynamics of disaster system efficiency and logistics interplay and offers a few lessons to improve the resource availability in the case of future emergencies.Originality/valueThis study lays the groundwork for future researchers to explore and debrief on the topic once disaster relief draws to a close and time has allowed logisticians and relief workers to analyze the response mechanisms used in disasters.
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Partridge, Robert, Kevin King, and Lawrence Proano. "Medical Support for Emergency Relief Workers After Typhoon Sudal in Yap, Micronesia." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 21, no. 3 (June 2006): 215–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00003708.
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AbstractIntroduction:On 09 April 2004, Typhoon Sudal struck the Island of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Over 90% of homes, public utilities, and public property were damaged or destroyed. Nearly 10% of the population was displaced to shelters, and the majority of the population was without drinking water or power. United States disaster workers were deployed to Yap for three months to assist in the recovery and relief efforts.Objective:The objective of this study was to evaluate the acute healthcare needs of the US disaster relief population serving in a remote setting with limited medical resources.Methods:A retrospective chart review of all disaster relief workers presenting to an emergency clinic in Yap during the disaster relief effort from April 2004–July 2004 was performed. Investigators extracted demographic data, chief complaints, medical histories, medical management, disposition, and outcome data from the clinic charts.Results:Together, the 60 disaster workers present on Yap during the relief effort made 163 patient contacts in the disaster emergency clinic. A total of 92% of patient contacts were for minor medical complaints or minor trauma, 13% were for upper-respiratory infections, 9% were for gastrointestinal illness, and 9% were for dermatological problems. Eight percent of visits were for serious medical problems or trauma. Life-threatening illnesses or injuries did not occur.Conclusions:Disaster relief workers on Yap frequently utilized the disaster relief clinic. In general, disaster workers remained healthy during the relief effort in Yap, and most injuries and illnesses were minor. On-site medical providers resulted in rapid care and stabilization, and after treatment, disaster workers were able to return to duty.
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Kirkpatrick, Sarah Bundy. "Disaster relief trials: perceptions of a disaster-themed bicycling event." Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal 28, no. 3 (June 3, 2019): 386–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dpm-10-2018-0334.
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Purpose Bicycling enthusiasts have been organizing community events in US cities to demonstrate how bicycles may be of use in the aftermath of a disaster event. The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceived value of these events and levels of engagement in the same amongst emergency managers, community organizers and bicycling advocates. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through 21 in-depth, telephone interviews with emergency management officials and bicycling advocates in bicycle-friendly jurisdictions in the USA and analyzed using initial and focused coding, analytic memos and theoretical sorting. Findings The study found that event organizers and other bicycle advocates widely embraced the concept as a means to change societal perceptions of bicycles as viable modes of transportation, indicating at least some level of interest in taking an active role in its pursuit. Emergency managers were generally receptive to the idea, but they largely saw the value as restricted to raising public awareness about hazards and individual preparedness measures; and they mostly envisioned for themselves a minimal role in event planning and execution. Practical implications The findings suggest that when operating in a resource-poor environment with limited public and political support, there are innovative partnerships and ideas that can be successfully leveraged to advance multiple purposes. Originality/value Almost no empirical research has looked at the disaster relief trial concept, given the relative newness and novelty of the idea. An examination of perceived value of disaster-oriented community bicycling events seems warranted as such events continue to grow in existing locations and emerge in new locales each year.
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Cuny, Fred C. "Principles of Disaster Management Lesson 13. Organizational Development." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 16, no. 3 (September 2001): 175–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00025942.
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AbstractChange in any organization is difficult. Relief organizations constantly are evolving and changing form to adapt to different needs, demands, and environment. As the phases of a disaster evolve, adjustments must be made by relief organizations to meet the changing needs. The sequential processes used to manage change include recognition and diagnosis of the problem, identification of alternatives, recognition of limiting conditions, selection of a strategy for change, and implementing and monitoring the change. The techniques used to effect change may be classified as structural, management, or technological. Changes can occur in division of labor, content of the work, relationships with other workers, supervisory and/or technical skills, operations, and decision-making hierarchy. Approaches can be mandated from the top, worked out jointly by management and personnel, or implemented by the affected personnel. Implementation of changes has two dimensions: timing and scope. Whenever changes are implemented, the impact of the changes must be monitored and the effects compared with what was expected.
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Abualkhair, Hussain, Emmett J. Lodree, and Lauren B. Davis. "Managing volunteer convergence at disaster relief centers." International Journal of Production Economics 220 (February 2020): 107399. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.05.018.
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Aringhieri, Roberto, Sara Bigharaz, Davide Duma, and Alberto Guastalla. "Fairness in ambulance routing for post disaster management." Central European Journal of Operations Research 30, no. 1 (October 26, 2021): 189–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10100-021-00785-y.
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AbstractDisaster management generally includes the post-disaster stage, which consists of the actions taken in response to the disaster damages. These actions include the employment of emergency plans and assigned resources to (i) rescue affected people immediately, (ii) deliver personnel, medical care and equipment to the disaster area, and (iii) aid to prevent the infrastructural and environmental losses. In the response phase, humanitarian logistics directly influence the efficiency of the relief operation. Ambulances routing problem is defined as employing the optimisation tools to manage the flow of ambulances for finding the best ambulance tours to transport the injured to hospitals. Researchers pointed out the importance of equity and fairness in humanitarian relief services: managing the operations of ambulances in the immediate aftermath of a disaster must be done impartially and efficiently to rescue affected people with different priority in accordance with the restrictions. Our research aim is to find the best ambulance tours to transport the patients during a disaster in relief operations while considering fairness and equity to deliver services to patients in balance. The problem is formulated as a new variant of the team orienteering problem with hierarchical objectives to address also the efficiency issue. Due to the limitation of solving the proposed model using a general-purpose solver, we propose a new hybrid algorithm based on a machine learning and neighbourhood search. Based on a new set of realistic benchmark instances, our quantitative analysis proves that our algorithm is capable to largely reduce the solution running time especially when the complexity of the problem increases. Further, a comparison between the fair solution and the system optimum solution is also provided.
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Gao, Yongqiang, and Taïeb Hafsi. "Competition in corporate philanthropic disaster giving." Chinese Management Studies 9, no. 3 (August 3, 2015): 311–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cms-06-2014-0112.
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to demonstrate how firms compete with each other in philanthropic giving in the context of a natural disaster. In particular, the authors want to investigate: Which firms act faster in disaster relief giving? How do late movers react? In the end, which firms donate most at the competitive equilibrium, first or late movers? Whether and how firm visibility will affect the relationships proposed based on the former three questions? Design/methodology/approach – The Chinese listed companies that donated to the May 12, 2008, Sichuan earthquake are taken as a sample. A negative binomial regression analysis is first conducted to identify the first movers. Then, linear regression analysis is conducted to identify the competition between first movers and late movers. Findings – The authors find that large firms and firms with a high financial performance tend to be first movers in disaster relief giving. Late movers donate amounts that are similar to those of first movers in both absolute and relative value. But first movers donate more in absolute value than late movers in the whole process of giving. Firm visibility strengthens the effect of financial performance (return on assets) on giving timing, but weakens the effect of giving timing on both first round and total giving amount. Originality/value – This study provides a dynamic theory of giving and enhances the understanding of the motives and patterns of corporate disaster relief giving. It also illustrates important insights into firms’ strategic and tactical behavior in disaster relief giving.
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Dubey, Rameshwar, Angappa Gunasekaran, and Thanos Papadopoulos. "Disaster relief operations: past, present and future." Annals of Operations Research 283, no. 1-2 (October 28, 2019): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03440-7.
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Khan, Imran, Amjad Ali, Tahir Waqas, Sami Ullah, Safi Ullah, Ashfaq Ahmad Shah, and Sajid Imran. "Investing in disaster relief and recovery: A reactive approach of disaster management in Pakistan." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 75 (June 2022): 102975. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102975.
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