Climate change and disaster management

O’Brien, Geoff; O’Keefe, Phil; Rose, Joanne; Wisner, Ben

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9523.2006.00307.x

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“…Hence, the severity and the weight of the after effect of the disaster can be seen through the communities' capability to encounter the upcoming disaster as well as the effectiveness and efficiency of the current systems to respond towards the disaster. Corresponding to the prior research, the researchers found out that underprivileged people and less developed countries are the most vulnerable and exposed towards the impacts of the disaster [12,13,[21][22][23][24]. According to [12], impoverished people who are living in the less developed country are becoming more disaster-prone nowadays compared to the developed countries.…”

Section: The Impact Of Disastermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is reported that nearly half of the business operation need to be closed down due to their inability to recover from the impact of disaster [13]. Some of the reason is because they do not have the constructive plan of business continuity management that enable them to strategize on what they need to do if the business is disrupted.…”

Section: Disaster In Malaysiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although they know of the existing risks, but factors such as financial ability always hinder them from moving to the safer places. For some people, the choice to move on and relocate to other place is simply does not exist and lead them more vulnerable and exposed towards the impacts of disaster [13].…”

Section: Disaster In Malaysiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While many have agreed that disaster can be classified into major types of disaster but there is other researchers that claimed hybrid disasters or mix disasters should be also incorporated into the groups as well [1,[11][12][13]. Hybrid disasters happens trough the mixture of both natural forces and human error.…”

Section: Types Of Disastermentioning

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Asset Management Recovery after the Disater: State of Knowledge

Sapri

Razak

2016

MATEC Web Conf.

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Abstract. Asset, infrastructure and business can be destroyed in a split seconds. It only takes a minute for natural disasters such as flood, hurricane and others to happen that will stop the business process and destroying the business as well as their assets. Late response towards the disaster will bring disastrous impact not only to the people but also the social and economic of the impacted people and area. It is therefore important for the organization to ensure speedy recovery of the disaster's impact such as the assets in an effort to ensure the business survival and facilitating societal and economic recovery. Therefore this paper examines the state of knowledge in relation to the asset management recovery especially after the disaster. Following to that, this paper will discuss the literatures involves in asset management recovery such as disaster management and business continuity plan (BCP). Towards the end, this paper suggests that the effect of lack of planning in asset management recovery will lead to an untold damage towards the community, organization as well as the business, taking months or even years to rectify. In some cases, businesses are shut down for goods due to loss data as well as other emerge problems cause by the disaster. Keywords: Asset Management Recovery, Business Continuity Plan (BCP), Disaster Management, Flood IntroductionPhysically, Malaysia can be considered as one of the blessed countries because of its geographic location that prevents it from the threat of severe natural disaster like volcanic eruptions and cyclones [1]. However, it has its own fair share of the environmental perils such as flood. Malaysia is well known as a country that is prone to major flooding event that occurs once a year due to the northeast monsoon that bring heavy downpour. Due to its nature, lots of lives, assets, building, infrastructure and environment have been damaged. Although the disaster occurs in a split seconds but the impact that it leaves are tremendous and may take years to rectify. Moreover, the vulnerability of the community is increase when they choose to construct houses near the rivers and along the coastlines.Nevertheless, due to its relative regularity that always appear from November to March each year made actions such as flood mitigation, forecasting and warning systems have been undertaken to minimize the impact of the disaster. However, despite numerous planning and preparation, it is believed that the present countermeasures are far from sufficient. This is shown in the recent management of the flood disaster that happen during December 2014 to January 2015 flood crisis. During the crisis, as many as 250,000 people need to be placed at the evacuation centre and great efforts have been taken to reduce the impacts that it caused such as the disruption of the victims life, the health issues, the polluted environment (due to the mud comes from the flood) and the massive costs encompass in the redevelopment of the assets and infrastructure. It is reported by [2] that the estim...

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Asset Management Recovery after the Disater: State of Knowledge

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Razak

2016

MATEC Web Conf.

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“…Most of disasters are derived from human activities; hazards may be natural in origin, but it is the way in which socio-economy has been developed that causes them to become disasters (Brien et al, 2006). Ecological disasters are great obstacles to sustainable development, which can significantly affect the long-term viability of society and economy and thus lead to serious adverse impacts on eco-environment as well as human life.…”

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A relative interval-regret analysis method for regional ecosystem planning – a case study of Dongying, China

You

Huang

2015

Ecological Engineering

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A B S T R A C TA relative interval-regret analysis (RIRA) method is developed for regional ecosystem management under uncertainty through incorporating interval-parameter programming (IPP) and minimax relative regret (MRR) analysis techniques within a general framework. RIRA can handle uncertainties expressed as intervals and random variables without knowing probability distributions and only needs a list of possible scenarios that may occur; it can also incorporate ecosystem services valuation approaches directly into the optimization process, such that an effective linkage between eco-compensation costs and ecosystem service losses can be provided. The RIRA method is applied to a real case of planning regional ecosystem of Dongying, where the natural ecosystem has suffered the severe degradation due to large-scale land reclamation projects. Results of land-use pattern, ecological compensation strategy, and industrial pollution-mitigation scheme can be obtained. The results reveal that, although large-scale reclamation projects can bring benefits and make a significant contribution to local economic development, they can also result in many negative effects to the coastal ecosystem, such as endangering animals and plants, changing intrinsic gas regulation, as well as altering natural nutrient cycling. Moreover, the results indicate that eco-compensation cost is much higher than the cost for reclaimed land use, disclosing that eco-compensation mechanism is desired for curbing excessive reclamation activities. These findings can facilitate the local decision makers in not only considering regional ecosystem integrity but also gaining insights into the tradeoff between socio-economic development and eco-environmental sustainability.

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Preventing Disasters: Public Health Vulnerability Reduction as a Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change

Keim

2011

Disaster med. public health prep.

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ABSTRACTGlobal warming could increase the number and severity of extreme weather events. These events are often known to result in public health disasters, but we can lessen the effects of these disasters. By addressing the factors that cause changes in climate, we can mitigate the effects of climate change. By addressing the factors that make society vulnerable to the effects of climate, we can adapt to climate change. To adapt to climate change, a comprehensive approach to disaster risk reduction has been proposed. By reducing human vulnerability to disasters, we can lessen—and at times even prevent—their impact.Human vulnerability is a complex phenomenon that comprises social, economic, health, and cultural factors. Because public health is uniquely placed at the community level, it has the opportunity to lessen human vulnerability to climate-related disasters. At the national and international level, a supportive policy environment can enable local adaptation to disaster events. The purpose of this article is to introduce the basic concept of disaster risk reduction so that it can be applied to preventing and mitigating the negative effects of climate change and to examine the role of community-focused public health as a means for lessening human vulnerability and, as a result, the overall risk of climate-related disasters.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2011;5:140–148)

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Climate change and disaster management

Cited by 379 publications

References 17 publications

Asset Management Recovery after the Disater: State of Knowledge

Asset Management Recovery after the Disater: State of Knowledge

A relative interval-regret analysis method for regional ecosystem planning – a case study of Dongying, China

Preventing Disasters: Public Health Vulnerability Reduction as a Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change

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