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Introduction to International Disaster Management by Coppola, Damon P

“…This comprehensive overview of global emergency management provides practitioners and students alike with an understanding of the disaster management…”
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From Strangers to Neighbors: Post-Disaster Resettlement and Community Building in Honduras by Alaniz, Ryan

“…Natural disasters, the effects of climate change, and political upheavals and war have driven tens of millions of people from their homes and spurred intense…”
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WHO scales up emergency response in earthquake-hit Myanmar

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Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora by Weber, Lynn, Peek, Lori

“…Hurricane Katrina forced the largest and most abrupt displacement in U.S. history. About 1.5 million people evacuated from the Gulf Coast preceding Katrina’s…”
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Disaster relief operations: past, present and future by Dubey, Rameshwar, Gunasekaran, Angappa, Papadopoulos, Thanos

“…The aim of the preface is to introduce the scope of this special issue (SI). We explain our editorial approach and summarise our findings based on articles…”
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Disaster Citizenship: Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the Progressive Era by Remes, Jacob A. C.

“…A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era–beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of…”
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Humanitarian supply chain management: a thematic literature review and future directions of research by Behl, Abhishek, Dutta, Pankaj

“…The field of supply chain management has been extensively studied, while its role in disaster relief operations has received limited contributions. Recent…”
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Understanding risk management for intentional supply chain disruptions: risk detection, risk mitigation, and risk recovery by DuHadway, Scott, Carnovale, Steven, Hazen, Benjamin

“…Strategies to mitigate supply chain risk tend to treat disruptive events as homogenous, despite having different causes and requiring different risk management…”
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Stochastic network models for logistics planning in disaster relief by Alem, Douglas, Clark, Alistair, Moreno, Alfredo

“…•We propose a new dynamic two-stage stochastic network flow model for disaster relief.•The stochastic mixed-integer program supports preparedness and response…”
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Impact of internet of things (IoT) in disaster management: a task-technology fit perspective by Sinha, Akash, Kumar, Prabhat, Rana, Nripendra P., Islam, Rubina, Dwivedi, Yogesh K.

“…Disaster management aims to mitigate the potential damage from the disasters, ensure immediate and suitable assistance to the victims, and attain effective and…”
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A fuzzy bi-level optimization model for multi-period post-disaster relief distribution in sustainable humanitarian supply chains by Cao, Cejun, Liu, Yang, Tang, Ou, Gao, Xuehong

“…In the aftermath of large-scale natural disasters, supply shortage and inequitable distribution cause various losses, hindering humanitarian supply chains’…”
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Swift trust and commitment: The missing links for humanitarian supply chain coordination? by Dubey, Rameshwar, Altay, Nezih, Blome, Constantin

“…Coordination among actors in a humanitarian relief supply chain decides whether a relief operation can be or successful or not. In humanitarian supply chains,…”
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The Cultural and Political Economy of Recovery: Social learning in a post-disaster environment by Chamlee-Wright, Emily

“…In August 2005 the nation watched as Hurricane Katrina pummelled the Gulf Coast. Residents did not just suffer the personal costs of a home that had been…”
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An analysis of the literature on humanitarian logistics and supply chain management: paving the way for future studies by Chiappetta Jabbour, Charbel José, Sobreiro, Vinicius Amorim, Lopes de Sousa Jabbour, Ana Beatriz, de Souza Campos, Lucila Maria, Mariano, Enzo Barberio, Renwick, Douglas William Scott

“…The area of disaster management has become increasingly prominent in a context of frequent political, religious change and conflict, and within it, the field…”
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Logistics service provider selection for disaster preparation: a socio-technical systems perspective by Kim, Seongtae, Ramkumar, M., Subramanian, Nachiappan

“…Since 1990s, the world has seen a lot of advances in providing humanitarian aid through sophisticated logistics operations. The current consensus seems to be…”
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Engaging donors on crowdfunding platform in Disaster Relief Operations (DRO) using gamification: A Civic Voluntary Model (CVM) approach by Behl, Abhishek, Dutta, Pankaj

“…•Use of gamification to understand behavior of donors on crowdfunding platform for DRO.•Moderating effect of information quality and voluntariness to…”
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A fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS approach to supply partner selection in continuous aid humanitarian supply chains by Venkatesh, V. G., Zhang, Abraham, Deakins, Eric, Luthra, Sunil, Mangla, S.

“…The selection of suitable supply partners is a strategic issue for managers working in humanitarian operations and has received little attention in the…”
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Robust reliable humanitarian relief network design: an integration of shelter and supply facility location by Yahyaei, Mohsen, Bozorgi-Amiri, Ali

“…The human societies are threatened by natural disasters. Thus, preparedness and response planning is necessary to eliminate or mitigate their negative effects…”
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Emergency relief routing models for injured victims considering equity and priority by Zhu, Li, Gong, Yeming, Xu, Yishui, Gu, Jun

“…In humanitarian aid, emergency relief routing optimization needs to consider equity and priority issues. Different from the general path selection…”
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Disasters and Social Reproduction: Crisis Response between the State and Community by Illner, Peer

“…Reductions in state spending have put significant strain on communities during disasters. When hurricanes, floods and earthquakes hit, the responsibility for…”
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