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Investigating the significance of disaster information management
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
Disaster information informs disaster risk management interventions. However, it is the systematic management of this key resource that has not yet been fully embraced. In some cases, information is still haphazardly ...
A framework for rapid impact assessment woth special reference to wildfires
(OASIS, 2013)
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technology is a powerful tool that can support
decision-making in all the facets of disaster risk management. Being at the centre of all disaster
risk management functions, GIS ...
Disaster risk management: disciplinary status and prospects for a unifying theory
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
The purpose of this paper is to explore the disciplinary status of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) as an emerging, applied, social science and to consider prospects for the establishment of a unifying theory or philosophical ...