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An examination of the politics of disaster on the local level through the analysis of three levels of incumbent politicians in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in South Florida.

Disaster relief --- Natural disasters --- Hurricanes --- Hurricane Andrew, 1992 --- Natural calamities --- Disasters --- Cyclones --- Andrew, Hurricane, 1992 --- Disaster assistance --- Emergency assistance in disasters --- Emergency relief --- Emergency management --- Human services --- Political aspects --- Political aspects.

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This volume focuses on the status of the elderly and the disabled after disasters globally as well as the challenges of post-earthquake rebuilding in Haiti. The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has estimated that between 1987 and 2007, about 26 million older people were affected each year by natural disasters alone and that this figure could more than double by 2050 due to the rapidly changing demographics of ageing. People with disabilities (physical, me...

Community development. --- Sustainable development. --- Disaster relief. --- Disaster assistance --- Emergency assistance in disasters --- Emergency relief --- Emergency management --- Human services --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Community development --- Regional development --- Economic assistance, Domestic --- Social planning --- Environmental aspects --- Citizen participation --- Government policy

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The tsunami that struck a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004 evoked international sympathy on a scale beyond any previous natural disaster. The international relief effort broke all records both in scale and diversity, with seven billion U.S. dollars donated from all over the world through public and private agencies for Sumatra alone. Simply as a reconstruction effort, therefore, the disbursement of those funds and the rebuilding of housing, infrastructure, and economy posed major national and international challenges. However this was not simply a reconstruction effort. Aceh at that time was a war zone, with Indonesia's military engaged in a major operation to crush a separatist rebellion that had been simmering since 1976. Even though the funds had been donated for tsunami relief, any real reconstruction of Aceh had to consider the impact of the conflict on the well-being of the population, as well as governance and administrative capacities. This volumes serves the purpose not only of discussing some of the lessons of the Aceh reconstruction and peace processes, but also of maintaining critical links between Aceh and the international community after the initial tranches of aid expire.

Disaster relief --- Peace-building --- Tsunamis --- Earthquake sea waves --- Seismic sea waves --- Seismic surges --- Tidal waves --- Tunamis --- Natural disasters --- Ocean waves --- Building peace --- Peacebuilding --- Conflict management --- Peace --- Peacekeeping forces --- Disaster assistance --- Emergency assistance in disasters --- Emergency relief --- Emergency management --- Human services --- Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (Indonesia) --- NAD --- Nangroe Aceh Darussalam (Indonesia) --- Aceh (Indonesia) --- Politics and government.

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Disaster medicine is constantly gaining in importance owing to the impact of a variety of trends, including the rising global population, increased levels of travel, increasing production and transport of hazardous material, the development of global terrorism, and the increasing likelihood of disasters due to climatic changes. Additional skills are needed to respond effectively to the emergencies that arise from these developments, yet the available textbooks are mainly theoretical and provide limited practical advice and few methodological guidelines.   This book, written by members of the core faculty responsible for European courses on Medical Response to Major Incidents (MRMI), is designed to redress the balance by providing a practical guide that covers the full range of disaster scenarios and is relevant to all medical staff. It combines within one comprehensive volume, in an easily accessible format, the entire spectrum of knowledge from command and coordination through to the management of individual casualties. Central importance is attached to the key component of decision making by explaining what needs to be done for patients in particular situations and the required order and timing of treatment measures. Simplified methods receive due attention, as it is often necessary for medical staff to administer primary treatment outside of their own specialty. This book will prove an invaluable aid to all who may be involved in the response to major accidents and disasters, including medical and nursing students, ambulance crew, and military personnel as well as medical specialists.

Disaster medicine. --- Emergency medicine. --- Health Services --- Environment --- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services --- Environment and Public Health --- Health Care --- Disasters --- Emergency Medical Services --- Surgery & Anesthesiology --- Public Health --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Wounds & Injuries --- Surgery - General and By Type --- Disaster relief. --- Disaster assistance --- Emergency assistance in disasters --- Emergency relief --- Mass casualties --- Treatment --- Medicine. --- Orthopedics. --- Traumatology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Traumatic Surgery. --- Emergency Medicine. --- Surgical Orthopedics. --- Emergency management --- Human services --- Disaster relief --- Emergency medicine --- Medicine --- Trauma. --- Orthopedic surgery. --- Operative orthopedics --- Orthopedics --- Surgery, Operative --- Medicine, Emergency --- Critical care medicine --- Disaster medicine --- Medical emergencies --- Orthopaedics --- Orthopedia --- Surgery --- Accident medicine --- Trauma medicine --- Wounds and injuries

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Following the recent dramatic rise in both natural and man-made disasters, humanitarian logistics has received increasing interest from both logistics researchers and practitioners. Provided that logistics operations in the emergency response are effective and efficient, the impact of disasters on affected populations can be drastically reduced. Relief operations involve many different actors operating in complex relationships so as to effectively and efficiently meet the various challenges of preparing for and responding to disasters. In some very recent studies, inter-organizational interactions have emerged among these various actors as an interesting area of development. More research would seem to be required to move from inter-agency coordination to cross-sector cooperation among humanitarian organizations and companies, with a special focus on logistics companies. This book focuses on one specific open question: in logistics and supply chain management, what are the cross-learning opportunities for both the businesses and humanitarian organizations that cooperate in disaster relief through partnership agreements? In terms of the available academic literature and management practice, this subject is still a poorly explored research area, and so the present study is one of the first attempts to thoroughly investigate the issue.

Disaster relief management. --- Humanitarian assistance -- Management. --- Physical distribution of goods -- Management. --- Humanitarian assistance --- Physical distribution of goods --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Social Sciences --- Management Theory --- Social Welfare & Social Work - General --- Humanitarian assistance. --- Disaster relief. --- Emergency management. --- Consequence management (Emergency management) --- Disaster planning --- Disaster preparedness --- Disaster prevention --- Disaster relief --- Disasters --- Emergencies --- Emergency planning --- Emergency preparedness --- Disaster assistance --- Emergency assistance in disasters --- Emergency relief --- Humanitarian aid --- Planning --- Preparedness --- Prevention --- Business. --- Production management. --- Business ethics. --- Development economics. --- Business and Management. --- Operations Management. --- Business Ethics. --- Development Economics. --- Public safety --- First responders --- Emergency management --- Human services --- International relief --- Economics --- Economic development --- Business --- Businesspeople --- Commercial ethics --- Corporate ethics --- Corporation ethics --- Professional ethics --- Wealth --- Manufacturing management --- Industrial management --- Moral and ethical aspects