Enhancing Natural Disaster Resilience through NGO Participation in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Dong Lin ◽  
Jae Eun Lee ◽  
Seol A Kwon ◽  
Quan Jin
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Resilience

scholarly journals Strengthening Destinations’ Resilience from Bushfires—A Study of Eastern Australia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Fenjie Qi ◽  
Yaxin Zhou ◽  
Shuo Feng
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Critical Phenomenon ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Indirect Impacts ◽  
Key Indicators

Climate change has brought people’s attention in recent decades, which demonstrates a critical phenomenon of increased natural disaster risks. The consequences of natural hazards are highly potential to bring significant economic, reputational, social, and environmental impacts on Australia’s tourism industry. Considering the close relationship between the unique natural environment and the local tourism industry, natural disasters always play critical roles in terms of the destinations’ resilience. This paper aims to examine the cause-and-effect of natural disaster resilience for the tourism industry in Eastern Australia with the particular concern of bushfire. Representative bushfire events will be studied to locate the industry’s preparedness and the existed action gaps mainly with the focus on government and destination management organizations, as well as discuss the disaster prevention implications, direct/indirect impacts and tourism-related issues. Also, a natural disaster resilience assessment framework for the industry will be developed with the key indicators from multiple aspects. A couple of future directions will be proposed regarding recovery methods, including the needs of destination image recovery, supportive policies for small businesses and cross-functional partnership.

scholarly journals Quantitative Assessment of Natural Disaster Coping Capacity: An Application for Typhoons

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 5949
Author(s):  
Ting Wang ◽  
Linsheng Yang ◽  
Shaohong Wu ◽  
Jiangbo Gao ◽  
Binggan Wei
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Back Propagation ◽  
Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Disaster Reduction ◽  
Coping Capacity ◽  
Ability Index

At present, natural disaster coping capabilities are quantitively represented as high, moderate, or low. These classifications, which are described as the results of relative grades, have failed to reveal the specific grades of disaster coping capacity. Therefore, an assessment method of natural disaster coping capacity, which is attempted to quantify the natural disaster coping capacity as disaster grades, was proposed in this study. First, an indicator system consisting of disaster reduction ability index, disaster resilience ability index, and disaster relief ability index was established. The index values were defined as disaster grades according to the historical disaster-related data and information on the equipment and infrastructure for disaster prevention. Second, the weights assigned to these indicators were assessed by using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Then, the back propagation (BP) neural network was used to examine the indicator weights. Finally, the disaster coping capacity was estimated by using the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model. The assessment result was characterized as disaster grade. Cangnan county was chosen as a case study for the assessment of typhoon coping capacity by the proposed method. The results showed that the coping capacity of the county was prepared to deal with 12–13 intensity grades of typhoon. The assessment carried out using the proposed method accurately reflected the typhoon coping capacity of Cangnan. Moreover, the index values of disaster reduction ability, disaster resilience, and disaster relief ability revealed the advantages and limitations of typhoon coping capacity. This suggests that natural disaster coping capacity can be quantitatively assessed by the proposed method.

scholarly journals Eliciting lessons from Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) for natural disaster resilience planning and recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic:

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer F Helgeson ◽  
Juan F Fung ◽  
Yating Zhang ◽  
Alfredo R Roa-Henriquez ◽  
Ariela Zycherman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Resilience

scholarly journals Racial Geography, Economic Growth and Natural Disaster Resilience

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huiping Li ◽  
◽  
Steven J. Fernandez ◽  
Auroop Ganguly
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Resilience

scholarly journals A Matrix of the Functions and Organizations that Ensure Continued Healthcare Services in a Disaster

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Chisato Kajihara ◽  
Masahiko Munechika ◽  
Masaaki Kaneko ◽  
Masataka Sano ◽  
Haizhe Jin
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Mass Casualty Incident ◽  
Mass Casualty ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Trade Associations ◽  
Medical Associations ◽  
The World ◽  
Resilience Management

<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> Japan is one of the most natural disaster-prone countries in the world. In the case of a natural disaster or mass casualty incident, a large number of injured people are likely to go to hospitals, which need to provide more services at such times. Thus, it is necessary for various bodies – such as hospitals, municipalities, medical associations, pharmaceutical associations, and trade associations – to collaborate. For example, coordination among multiple hospitals is important when transporting patients to another hospital if they cannot be examined at the first one. There is a pressing need to establish an Area Disaster Resilience Management System for Healthcare (ADRMS-H) to increase medical resilience. In order to develop an ADRMS-H and ensure that continuous healthcare is provided during calamities, it is necessary to clarify the functions (which we have already explained) and coordination that organizations must perform. Since medical care needs change by the hour during disasters, so do the functions that guarantee ongoing healthcare. This study aims to create a matrix of functions ensuring continued healthcare services in a disaster and relevant organizations to understand each one’s role and how they relate to each other.</p><p><strong>Methodology/Approach:</strong> We used the case of Kawaguchi city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan as an example to illustrate related organizations needed to fulfill the functions for ensuring continued healthcare services. Next, we created a matrix of the functions and organizations.</p><p><strong>Findings:</strong> This study identified related organizations such as municipalities, hospitals, medical associations, and trade associations in Kawaguchi city. Since functions for ensuring ongoing healthcare change by the hour, so do the organizations, whose transformations we analyzed by the hour.</p><p><strong>Originality/Value of paper:</strong> The results of this paper can help people understand how related organizations work together during disasters; in light of this, it will be possible to develop a model for an ADRMS-H in terms of coordination among organizations.</p>

Using Schlossberg's Transition Model in Response to Natural Disaster for People with Disabilities

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-47
Author(s):  
Debra A. Harley ◽  
David Beach ◽  
Reginald J. Alston
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Transition Model ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Recovery Strategies

Natural disasters produce unequal outcomes for individuals with disabilities. In addition to dealing with the effects of disasters that everyone must confront, the presence of disability exacerbates recovery. This article presents information on the effects of natural disasters on people with disabilities, Schlossberg's Model as a framework for recovery, strategies for recovery, and implications for counseling. The intent of this article is to help counselors assist their clients to develop disaster resilience.

Environmental and Natural Disaster Resilience of Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuzuru Miyata ◽  
Hiroyuki Shibusawa ◽  
Indrawan Permana ◽  
Any Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Resilience
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