The Public Policy Dimension of Resilience in Natural Disaster Management: Sweden’s Gudrun and Per Storms

2014 ◽  
pp. 235-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Nohrstedt ◽  
Charles Parker
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Natural Disaster Management

Emotional labor as carnivalesque behavior: Avoiding administrative evil in the public space

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-216
Author(s):  
Cindy L. Pressley ◽  
Michael E. Noel
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Rational Mind ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Natural Disaster Management ◽  
Emergency Professionals

Metaphors are used a great deal in theory but are not always fully explained. This paper expands on the carnival metaphor used by Boje (2001) by clarifying the type of carnival the metaphor describes, in this case the sideshow carnival. The sideshow carnival metaphor helps to explain how emotional labor can be used to avoid situations of administrative evil that have been partially caused by the separation of mind/body of public servants operating in public space. The authors of this article illustrate the application of the sideshow carnival metaphor by showing how emergency professionals in the area of natural disaster management have become more professionalized over the last several decades. This professionalization has led to a focus on the rational mind over the emotional body. By engaging in emotional labor, emergency professionals are engaging in carnivalesque behavior that helps to repair the mind/body connection. If the connection is not repaired, the rational mind will take over and the public space wherein the emergency professional exists can co-opt the professional leading them to be unable to see the potential evil acts they might commit.

A natural-disaster management DSS for Humanitarian Non-Governmental Organisations

2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Tinguaro Rodríguez ◽  
Begoña Vitoriano ◽  
Javier Montero
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Natural Disaster Management

scholarly journals Public values for integration in natural disaster management and planning: A case study from Victoria, Australia

2017 ◽  
Vol 185 ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Rawluk ◽  
Rebecca M. Ford ◽  
Fendi L. Neolaka ◽  
Kathryn J. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Public Values ◽  
Natural Disaster Management

scholarly journals Desain Rancang Bangun Dapur Umum Portable dalam Penanggulangan Bencana Alam

Panggung ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andi Farid Hidayanto ◽  
Anna - Rulia
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Soup Kitchen ◽  
Natural Disaster Management ◽  
Blue Print

ABSTRACT Indonesia is a disaster-prone areas. To meet the logistical  needs of the victim  and the officer needed a common kitchen. Common kitchen that is generally in the form of tents, buildings used as shelters, or modified car. Common kitchen there is an emergency nature,  improvise, and how far from the disaster site. These problems need to design a common kitchen for natural disaster management,  which can meet the needs, the officer and the victim. In designing  methods Pahl and Beitz with steps Planning and explanation  of the task,  design concept,  design forms, and design details. Collecting  data using methods Individual  Questionnaire  and Focus Group Dis- cussion the results obtained attributes  required in the design. Results of the research is a com- mon kitchen design for a natural disaster  are portable, easily assembled and disassembled, can be set  up in various  locations  condition,  easy to operate, able to accommodate facilities  and needs. Common  kitchen  design  produced in the form  of large-scale  three-dimensional   model, a blueprint  for the technical  specifications,  and the protoype. Keywords: natural disasters;  design; soup kitchen;  portable.   ABSTRAK Indonesia merupakan daerah rawan bencana. Memenuhi kebutuhan logistik korban dan petugas diperlukan dapur umum. Dapur umum yang ada umumnya berupa tenda peleton, bangunan yang dijadikan posko, atau mobil yang dimodifikasi. Dapur umum yang ada sifatnya darurat, seadanya dan lokasinya jauh dari lokasi bencana. Dari masalah tersebut perlu desain dapur umum untuk penanggulangan bencana alam, yang bisa memenuhi kebutuhan, baik petugas maupun korban. Dalam mendesain menggunakan metode Pahl dan Beitz dengan langkah-langkah Perencanaan dan penjelasan tugas, Perancangan konsep, Perancangan bentuk, dan Perancangan detail. Pengumpulan data menggunakan metode Individual Questionnaire dan Focus Group Discussion yang hasilnya didapatkan atribut yang diperlukan dalam desain. Hasil dari penelitian berupa desain dapur umum untuk penanggulangan bencana alam yang portable, mudah dirakit dan dibongkar, dan dapat didirikan di lokasi yang beraneka kondisi, mudah dioperasikan, mampu menampung fasilitas dan kebutuhan. Desain dapur umum yang dihasilkan dalam bentuk model tiga dimensi berskala, blue print spesifikasi teknis, dan protoype. Kata kunci: bencana alam, desain, dapur umum, portable.

Without Warning and Defenseless

2020 ◽  
pp. 104-118
Author(s):  
Timothy W. Kneeland
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Civil Defense ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
National Weather Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legislative Session ◽  
State Senator ◽  
The Government

This chapter describes how the public also vented anger and frustration at agents of government whose job it was to protect people before a natural disaster occurred. The public was incensed at having received no warnings from the National Weather Service (NWS) and demanded to know why their local civil defense organizations had failed in the midst of the crisis. The public expected to hold someone responsible for the death and the destruction of property. Assigning blame is an integral component of American democracy; in order for change to occur, the electorate must assign responsibility when the government fails so they can pressure officials into improving public policy. In response to the public outrage, elected officials conducted a series of hearings into what went wrong before and during the Hurricane Agnes disaster. State senator Bill Smith, who was unable to get Governor Nelson Rockefeller to agree to a special legislative session, teamed up with Senate majority leader Warren Anderson to hold special hearings into government failures during the disaster. These investigations would show just how tattered the disaster safety net had become in the days before Hurricane Agnes.

Risk Reduction in Natural Disaster Management through Information Systems

2015 ◽  
pp. 79-107
Author(s):  
Guido Schryen ◽  
Felix Wex
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Natural Disaster Management

Natural disasters, including earthquakes, Tsunamis, floods, hurricanes, and volcanic eruptions, have caused tremendous harm and continue to threaten millions of humans and various infrastructure capabilities each year. In their efforts to take countermeasures against the threats posed by future natural disasters, the United Nations formulated the “Hyogo Framework for Action”, which aims at assessing and reducing risk. This framework and a global review of disaster reduction initiatives of the United Nations acknowledge the need for information systems research contributions in addressing major challenges of natural disaster management. In this paper, the authors provide a review of the literature with regard to how information systems research has addressed risk assessment and reduction in natural disaster management. Based on the review the authors identify research gaps that are centered around the need for acquiring general knowledge on how to design IS artifacts for risk assessment and reduction. In order to close these gaps in further research, the authors develop a research agenda that follows the IS design science paradigm.

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