Journal Volume: 13
Journal Issue:
Journal Year: 2015
Articles in SafetyLit: 44

A review of informal volunteerism in emergencies and disasters: definition, opportunities and challenges

Analysis of human vulnerability to cyclones and storm surges based on influencing physical and socioeconomic factors: evidences from coastal Bangladesh

Application of Warning and Rapid Estimation of Earthquake Damage (WARED) system in unprepared cities case study: Mashhad, north east of Iran)

Assessing vulnerability of buildings to hydro-meteorological hazards using an expert based approach - an application in Nehoiu Valley, Romania

Assessment of social perception on the contribution of hard-infrastructure for tsunami mitigation to coastal community resilience after the 2010 tsunami: Greater Concepcion area, Chile

Children and cultural influences in a natural disaster: flood response in Surakarta, Indonesia

Community awareness and perception on hazards in Southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Comparing the direct human impact of natural disasters for two cases in 2011: the Christchurch earthquake and the Bangkok flood

Connecting, belonging: volunteering, wellbeing and leadership among refugee youth

Cost and outcomes associated with participating in the Community Fireguard Program : experiences from the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia

Disaster risk construction in the progressive consolidation of informal settlements: Iquique and Puerto Montt (Chile) case studies

Disaster risk reduction or disaster risk production: the role of building regulations in mainstreaming DRR

Effects of risk framing on earthquake risk perception: life-time frequencies enhance recognition of the risk

Emergency preparedness amongst university students

Evaluating drivers of coastal relocation in Hurricane Sandy affected communities

Exploring the impacts of flood insurance reform on vulnerable communities

Exploring the plexus of context and consequences: an empirical test of a theory of disaster vulnerability

Factors effecting farmers' risk attitude and risk perceptions: the case of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Factors influencing homeowners' seismic risk mitigation behavior: a case study in Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul

GIS based mapping of vulnerability to earthquake and fire hazard in Dhaka city, Bangladesh

Identification and prioritization of coordination barriers in humanitarian supply chain management

Impact of flood disasters in Bangladesh: a multi-sector regional analysis

Issues with families and children in a disaster context: a qualitative perspective from rural Bangladesh

Lessons learned from two unprecedented disasters in 2011 - Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan and Chao Phraya River flood in Thailand

Mapping potential airplane hazards and risks using airline traffic data

Mapping the expected annual fatality risk of volcano on a global scale

Media's role in disaster risk reduction: the third-person effect

Merits of using a socio-technical system perspective and different industrial accident investigation methods on accidents following natural hazards - a case study on pluvial flooding of a Swedish railway tunnel 2013

Navigating scientific uncertainty in wildfire and flood risk mitigation: a qualitative review

On common terms with shared risks - studying the communication of risk between local, regional and national authorities in Sweden

Population density modelling in support of disaster risk assessment

Post-disaster infrastructure restoration: a comparison of events for future planning

Post-storm damage surveys of tornado hazards in Canada: implications for mitigation and policy

Public perceptions of building seismic safety following the Canterbury earthquakes: a qualitative analysis using Twitter and focus groups

Seismic vulnerability of Nainital and Mussoorie, two major Lesser Himalayan tourist destinations of India

Storm surge mapping of typhoon Haiyan and its impact in Tanauan, Leyte, Philippines

The adaptive governance of natural disaster systems: insights from the 2010 Mount Merapi eruption in Indonesia

The Disaster-Knowledge Matrix - reframing and evaluating the knowledge challenges in disaster risk reduction

The myth of increased crime in Japan: a false perception of crime frequency in post-disaster situations

The role of university networks in disaster risk reduction: perspective from coastal Bangladesh

Towards disaster resilience: a scenario-based approach to co-producing and integrating hazard and risk knowledge

Traditional practices of the people of Uttarakhand Himalaya in India and relevance of these in disaster risk reduction in present times

Use of unmanned vehicles in search and rescue operations in forest fires: advantages and limitations observed in a field trial

Vulnerability evaluation of the urban area using the H/V spectral ratio of microtremors