Challenges, Barriers, and Lessons From Post-Disaster Relief Work in Fukushima

The Article aims at demonstrating that a more effective and comprehensive protection of minors in the aftermath of disasters can be guaranteed by, first of all, re-framing the discussion of the relevant actors in this field on the various practices and processes, including sexual and labour exploitation, early and forced marriages, the involvement of children in armed conflicts, and illegal adoptions, that can be grouped under the heading of three umbrella terms, namely, the abduction, sale, and trafficking of children. These terms are, in part, already used by relevant actors in the field of disaster relief work; however, their interpretation and boundaries are not always properly clarified. Therefore, the Article discusses the definitions of these three terms and recommends that all the relevant actors follow such framework and conform to the definitions provided, so as to guarantee a greater consistency and clarity in the debate over child protection in the aftermath of disasters.

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Project BEWARE—Landslide Post-disaster Relief Activities for Local Communities in Serbia

Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-53487-9_48 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 413-422 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Biljana Abolmasov ◽

Dobrica Damjanović ◽

Miloš Marjanović ◽

Ranka Stanković ◽

Velizar Nikolić ◽

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Keyword(s):

Disaster Relief ◽

Local Communities ◽

Post Disaster

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Autonomy-oriented proximity mobile social network modeling in smart city for emergency rescue

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks ◽

10.1177/15501477211061252 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (12) ◽

pp. 155014772110612

Author(s):

Zhao Chunxiao ◽

Guo Junjie

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Network Model ◽

Smart City ◽

Disaster Relief ◽

Network Modeling ◽

Mobile Social Network ◽

Emergency Rescue ◽

Routing Strategy ◽

Social Network Modeling ◽

Post Disaster

Nearest neighbor mobile social network means that movers approaching in position communicate through their social sensors, which is called Proximity Mobile Social Network. Proximity Mobile Social Network can provide more social and business opportunities for users. To carry out disaster relief work in post-disaster environment, we need to collect incident information during the search process and report to the sink in time. Proximity Mobile Social Network provides flexible systems for emergency handling and disaster relief. Therefore, how to find a better data forwarding and routing strategy is the key problem of post-disaster rescue, and the research of user mobility model is the basis of the above problems. This article presents an Autonomy-Oriented Proximity Mobile Social Network modeling for emergency rescue in smart city, which simulates the network operating environment. First, we verify the performance of Autonomy-Oriented Proximity Mobile Social Network model in terms of self-organization, scale-free, aggregation, and community structure. Then, the rescue efficiency is discussed through the coverage of mobile sensors. Finally, performance of the routing strategy based on Autonomy-Oriented Proximity Mobile Social Network model is analyzed, and the effectiveness of the method is proved.

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