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Family Disaster Preparedness
Preparedness for disasters and community capacity are critical components of lowering disaster risk at the household and community level. This study...
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Fisher’s Resilience: Preparedness, Co** Capacity, and Adaptation Capacity in Surigao del Sur, Philippines
Coastal fishing communities depend on marine resources for their protein and livelihood needs, making them vulnerable to natural hazards. We assessed...
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Vulnerability, Social Capital and Disaster Preparedness Experiences of the Orang Asli Families in Malaysia
This book addresses increasing concerns regarding the relationship between social capital and disaster, highlighting conceptual definitions related...
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Survey Results of School Practitioner Preparedness to Address Child Maltreatment in Fiji
Addressing child maltreatment is a global issue. School practitioners are at the forefront of identifying and reporting maltreatment. Researchers...
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Linkage Between Vulnerability, Social Capital and Disaster Preparedness
Orang Asli families are reported to be socio-economically vulnerable. Social capital and disaster preparedness are essential factors at the family...
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Trust and Stakeholders’ Assistance in Households’ Earthquake Preparedness Behavior
In this chapter, the rural residents affected by Wenchuan earthquake, Ya ‘an earthquake and Yibin earthquake were taken as the research objects, and...
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Earthquake Knowledge and Risk Perception Impact on Rural Residents’ Preparedness
This chapter examines 5 rural counties and 10 sample villages that were seriously affected by the 2008 Wenchuan (Sichuan) earthquake. Using an...
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Volcanic hazard knowledge and preparedness of small island community on the flank of Gamalama volcano Ternate Island–Indonesia
A study of volcanic hazard knowledge and preparedness of communities living on the flanks of Gamalama Volcano, on the small island Ternate, was...
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Application of Qualitative Method for Vulnerability, Social Capital and Disaster Preparedness
The aim of the research is the establishment and explanation of social events and experiences. This study examines the catastrophe experiences,...
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Recent Research on Disaster Exposure, Social Capital, and Disaster Preparedness
The disaster data from 1990 to 2017 reveal an upward trend in the number of recorded catastrophes and a changing trend in the number of reported...
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Strategies for Sustainable Preparedness and Response in LMIC
Low-and Middle-income countries are faced with various situations some expected while others are unexpected. Among the expected, are chronic endemic...
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Designing a safe and inclusive housing environment for older adults: assessment of nursing home preparedness for post-COVID era
The main objective of the study is to verify whether architectural design elements affect mental and physical health from the perspective of nursing...
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Preparedness to Age in Place Among Older Adults in Malaysia
The rapid pace of ageing raises concerns regarding financial security, health and long-term care and place for older people to live as they age. This...
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Evaluating development plans for pluvial flood preparedness using content analysis: case of Greater Mohali Region, India
Surface sealing and climate change induced high-intensity rainfalls generate unprecedented volumes of stormwater in cities. Consequently, the...
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From Global to Planetary Health: Two Morphologies of Pandemic Preparedness
The COVID-19 pandemic is widely seen as a failure of global health and pandemic preparedness. But where precisely does that failure lie? This chapter...
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Social and Behavior Change Preparedness for COVID-19 Prevention: Evidence and Experience from Ethiopia
The chapter focuses on three crucial elements of social and behavior change (SBC) preparedness within the realm of risk communication. The first...
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Gendered Vulnerability and Role of Women in Landslide Preparedness: A Case Study of an Urban Periphery of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
LandslidesLandslide have been a recent addition to the list of natural hazards in the south-eastern part of BangladeshBangladesh particularly in some...
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Disability and Disaster Risk Preparedness
The relationship between disaster risk and social vulnerability has been thoroughly researched over the last decade by Verchick, Cutter, Smith,...
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Future Preparedness in the Twenty-First Century: Contours of an Integrative Concept
It can be summarised from the previous reflections that at least three guiding principles have to be considered, which overlap in large parts, but...
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Preparedness and Response: Outlook Post COVID-19 Pandemic and SDG3d
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected populations globally, from loss of lives, livelihoods and socially through the sudden changes in all aspects of...