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Bidigaray, Stefan, Janet McKinney, Jose Montes, William Fiery, Megan Nguyen, Dixon Hory, Joshua Seab, et al. "Humanitarian Assistance Shelter System (HASS)." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/6964.
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As part of a Naval Postgraduate School's capstone project in Systems Engineering, the project team from Cohort 311-101O of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), performed a Systems Engineering analysis and verified the analysis with the acquisition and partial testing of the Humanitarian Assistance Shelter System (HASS). The HASS was developed in response to a need for a rapidly deployable mid-term shelter solution for disaster victims. There exists immediate shelter solutions for the victims, yet there is no transitional shelter available for the period between the demise of the immediate shelter and acquisition of permanent housing. For example, the displaced Haiti earthquake victims are still living in tents more than a year after the disaster has struck. This report documents the disciplined Systems Engineering approach used to determine the requirements, trade-offs, cost-effective solution, and testing required of the solution to fulfill the HASS stakeholders needs. Due to time constraint, partial testing on the HASS components was done with findings documented as well as recommendation for further testing and future work.
Krempel, Jörg. "Humanitarian assistance in modern conflicts: neutral humanitarian aid under pressure." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1984.
Full textDozier, Meredith J. "Analysis of Humanitarian Assistance Cargo Transportation." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/7334.
Full textTsunekawa, Hitomi. "The interaction between humanitarian assistance and politics in complex humanitarian emergencies /." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33939.
Full textBrandt, Jason K. "Effects of humanitarian aid : a Cuban case study." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02sep%5FBrandt.pdf.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Jeanne Giraldo, Jeff Knopf. Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-77). Also available online.
Penner, Amanda M. "Humanitarian aid and military assistance : a strategic intervention." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1475.
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Koffi, JamesRobert C. "Effects of DoD engagements in collaborative humanitarian assistance." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/37653.
Full textThis thesis analyzes long-term effects of Department of Defense Measures of Effectiveness (MOE) and Measures of Performance for Humanitarian Assistance (HA) missions. The Overseas Humanitarian Assistance Shared Information System (OHASIS) is used as the primary data source for HA missions and its associated costs. The thesis centers on HA missions in countries within the Pacific Command Area of Responsibility eligible for HA funding as described in U.S. Code Title X. An assumption of endogeneity is made regarding the data and a Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) Fixed Effects model is used as an alternative method to Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) for analysis. The number of bilateral agreements between the United States and HA host nations serves as an instrumental variable. The United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) is the MOE. Analysis shows that an OLS model is preferred over a 2SLS for this dataset. The effect of HA expenditures is significant and positive, indicating that increased HA expenditures are associated with higher levels of the HDI. The proportion of population with access to potable water is significantly positively associated with HDI in the model, suggesting that increasing the number of HA water projects might be one strategy for increasing HDI.
Schreeb, Johan von. "Needs assessment for international humanitarian health assistance in disasters /." Stockholm, 2007. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2007/978-91-7357-375-7/.
Full textGardner, Maxine J. "Investigating the naval logistics role in humanitarian assistance activities." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/45189.
Full textAccording to Department of Defense (DOD) Instruction 2205.02 (June 23, 2014), DOD components must conduct humanitarian and civic assistance (HCA) activities in response to regional conflicts or natural disasters. The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy determines how HCA policy is coordinated and implemented within the DOD and delegates responsibility to the regional combatant commands. In past modeling efforts for disaster relief, stochastic optimization has been utilized and produced promising results; however, the deterministic nature of optimization models may not fully capture the uncertainty that is inherent in natural disasters and the demand created by them. In order to better understand the effects of the uncertainty surrounding natural disasters and realize a robust logistical response to these events, new approaches are necessary. This thesis develops an asset allocation optimization model for naval logistics, and then uses experimental design techniques to systematically explore solutions to the model. Our analysis reveals the importance of robust planning for natural disaster response to ensure that demand is met and a quick response is possible. Finally, we explore the use of unmanned aerial vehicles as logistics assets, and show that they have the potential to add much benefit to foreign humanitarian assistance.
Summerville, Carlton B. "Operationalizing mobile applications for humanitarian assistance/disaster relief missions." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/41449.
Full textWhen a natural disaster, such as an earthquake, has occurred, the critical information communications technology (ICT) infrastructure is often completely destroyed or damaged to a point of ineffectiveness. For first responders, such as the military, government relief agencies, and non-governmental organizations, quick and reliable communication tools are essential for carrying out their missions. As technology continues to evolve, more tools are becoming available to first responders in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) missions. These tools are improving relief strategies in many ways by providing real-time or near real-time situation updates and data essential to the mission. There are mobile applications under development and commercially available are aimed at improving the ability of HA/DR responders to make assessments. This research assesses the implementation of applications used on mobile devices while enhancing the ICT of the disaster area for first responders during HA/DR missions. This includes a setup of a hastily formed network in order to establish a wide area network to provide a network for the applications to work. The use of such applications can drastically improve information sharing, interoperability, command and control, and coordination among responders between all agencies involved.
Kehler, Nicole. "Coordinating Humanitarian Assistance: A Comparative Analysis of Three Cases." Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9938.
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Wardell, Clarence L. "Signaling and search in humanitarian giving models of donor and organization behavior in the humanitarian space /." Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31721.
Full textCommittee Chair: Rouse, William; Committee Co-Chair: Castillo, Marco; Committee Member: Goldsman, David; Committee Member: Keskinocak, Pinar; Committee Member: Sokol, Joel. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
Abbott, Marianne. "Dangerous intervention an analysis of humanitarian fatalities in assistance contexts /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1134419987.
Full textLi, WeiHua James. "Helping the helpers : a toolkit for mobile humanitarian assistance apps." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106112.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-108).
My research investigates the following question - How can relief workers be empowered to create useful mobile apps to support the work of first responder teams? Mobile devices are reshaping the disaster management domain and they make fast and targeted support possible. However there is the major obstacle of relief workers and volunteers often lacking the technical abilities to build and deploy the right mobile app in response to a particular disaster. In addition, data interoperability is often missing in many of the applications since they were developed without any prior agreement on the data schema. Linked Data technology solves the data interoperability problem by defining a method of publishing structured data and these structured data can be interlinked and become more useful. In order to explore and provide a solution to the gap between the knowledge of the relief workers and volunteers and the technical abilities needed to create an app, I conducted a participatory design workshop with the people at the International Committee of Red Cross and developed two mobile applications with one of the project managers there. In addition, I have created a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) toolkit that includes: (1) a Mobile Linked Data App Kit: a streamlined process for creating mobile apps and (2) an app-building methodology: a set of principles for relief workers to follow while creating apps using the toolkit. The Mobile Linked Data App Kit has the Punya framework, the Linked Data Form Extension, and the Virtuoso Docker container. The Punya framework is a DIY app-building platform utilizing drag-drop visual blocks to create new mobile applications. It includes Linked Data technology. The framework supports many Linked Data features. One of them is the ability to interoperate with different data sources needed for humanitarian assistance. Linked Data form is a critical part of data interoperability in the Linked Data technology. The Linked Data Form Extension is a tool implemented as an extension to the Punya framework that automatically generates Linked Data forms for Punya mobile apps. Linked Data needs to be saved at the triplestore and Virtuoso is one of the leading providers for Linked Data triplestore. The Virtuoso Docker container makes it possible to set up an instance of the Virtuoso Linked Data store in minutes with a few simple commands. These automated steps relieve developers the burden of manually creating them. The app-building methodology is for relief workers to follow while creating mobile apps. The goal of this toolkit is to enable aid workers to create vital and necessary mobile apps and to empower the humanitarian community. User testing of the framework with first responders has shown that the idea of "using, modifying, and creating" an app is greatly favored by our participants, that mobile Linked Data applications can aid humanitarian organizations by increasing their impact and effectiveness, and that humanitarian workers can successfully develop and deploy mobile applications by using this toolkit.
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Abbott, Marianne. "Dangerous intervention: an analysis of humanitarian fatalities in assistance contexts." The Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1134419987.
Full textWard, Peter W. "Optimizing ship-to-shore movement for Hospital Ship humanitarian assistance operations." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/08Mar%5FWard.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Salmeron, Javier. "March 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on May 16, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60). Also available in print.
Mitchell, Gregory P., Jeffrey J. Cisek, and Bruce Reilly. "Supply positioning in support of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10772.
Full textThe U.S. military possesses many capabilities that are used throughout the range of military operations (ROMO) in order to carry out planned and contingency response missions. These capabilities can bring destruction to an adversary or can provide critical aid in a humanitarian assistance or disaster response (HA/DR) operation. In many situations, prepositioning supplies and equipment is essential to the Defense (DoD) in a rapid response that is efficient and effective. Such readiness translates to the pre-establishment of adequate inventory capacities and resources that enable efficient relief operations. In this study, we identify current prepositioned DoD inventory locations and establish a framework for DoD decision-makers to use in developing the most appropriate logistics strategy for different natural disasters that may occur around the globe.
Greenfield, Cullen M., and Cameron A. Ingram. "An analysis of U.S. Navy humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10769.
Full textThis project investigates the response of the U.S. Navy (USN) and Military Sealift Command (MSC) to different types of natural disasters and identifies the types of assets deployed as well as the dwell times for those assets. Using the recent history of U.S. Navy humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations, we explore opportunities to shape the fleet force structure to adapt to the increased mission importance of HADR operations, and we identify current hard power assets that may be effective in achieving soft power goals. By analyzing disaster characteristics and U.S. Navy platform capabilities, we can determine which assets are better suited for mission requirements brought on by disasters. Knowing the best possible asset to assign to a disaster will improve the DoD's effectiveness in regaining stability, both monetarily and logistically, within the affected region when disasters occur. Further, understanding which assets are better suited for disaster response will help the USN make future force structure and fleet composition decisions.
Moffat, David. "Cost analysis of U.S. Navy Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief missions." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/44620.
Full textIn the wake of rising costs and limited budgets, the U.S. Navy has been challenged to perform its missions while pursuing opportunities to reduce operating costs. One of those missions that has expanded recently is Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR). In 2007, the Navy officially added Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief as a core competency to its maritime strategy. From 1970 to 2000, the Navy diverted vessels 366 times for HA/DR operations, as opposed to 22 times for combat operations. With the ever-expanding role of the U.S. Navy in HA/DR operations, it is important to study how the Navy can perform its missions while saving costs. This report serves to provide Navy leadership with policy recommendations that will improve HA/DR mission capabiility while saving costs at the same time.
Winn, Timothy J. "Analysis of the Navy’s humanitarian assistance and disaster relief program performance." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/44691.
Full textThis joint applied research project analyzed the performance of the United States Navy while operating in a Joint Task Force during recent humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions. The performance of the USN during these missions was measured by comparing the regulations, procedures, and stated goals for these missions against interviews of firsthand accounts and a literature review documenting the Navy’s role during recent HADR missions. This project was not intended to determine if the actions taken during recent HADR missions were the right actions to take or if the results could have been better given alternative actions. Rather, the assessment focused solely on determining if the actions on the ground differed from the published doctrine. The recommendations for this project focused on how leaders appointed to conduct HADR missions may better align their actions on the ground against the stated goals for the mission, and, recommendations for updating current instructions and procedures to better align the published doctrine with the best practices observed on the ground.
Alexander, Shavonne A., Walter R. Brinkley, Jordan M. Cohen, Thomas M. Roberts, Paul Beery, Joseph Bubulka, Matt C. Kenfield, and Johnny M. Quilenderino. "Influence of foreign humanitarian assistance/disaster relief in a coastal nation." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/7074.
Full textOne of the global security challenges the United States faces is disaster coupled with political instability. The U.S. Military‘s ability to rapidly respond to disasters enhances regional and global security and stability. Foreign Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (FHA/DR), increasingly a mission that relies on a significant military component, focuses on the provision of goods and services such as health care, supplies necessary for survival, and infrastructure repair, with the goal of reducing the immediate human suffering. The disaster in this project‘s scenario is catastrophic flooding that occurs in one of Africa‘s most populated and wealthiest countries that threatens the stability and development of West Africa. This project, employing a systems engineering methodology, focuses on the 60 days after the disaster and the requirements to provide this assistance in the form of goods and services. Many system-of-systems architectures were developed to investigate the effectiveness of utilizing a Seabase for the primary delivery of aid. Two simulation tools, SimKit, and STELLA, were used to model and examine these architectures with the former addressing the delivery and throughput concerns while the latter focused on the satisfaction of the population and the limitation of criminal activity. Based on the results of modeling, the team provided recommendations relative to the most effective architectures in influencing the population of this coastal area as well as accomplishing the FHA/DR mission.
Crawford, Paul Ward. "Aiding aid : a monitoring & evaluating framework to enhance international aid effectiveness /." Electronic version, 2004. http://adt.lib.uts.edu.au/public/adt-NTSM20041202.160749/index.html.
Full textWishart, John P. "Fostering partnership in humanitarian aid and disaster relief." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA483578.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Jansen, Erik. "June 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on August 26, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-54). Also available in print.
Abiew, Francis Kofi. "Evolution of the doctrine and practice of humanitarian intervention." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq22941.pdf.
Full textAbell, Drew Q. "Mobile Tracking and Location Awareness in Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Assistance Situations." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/17311.
Full textSituational awareness is one of the most important aspects to a commander in any type of mission, be it humanitarian relief, disaster recovery, or armed conflict. Through the past several decades, with the use of technology, we have been able to develop systems that help improve the commanders situational awareness of the mission. One of the major problems with this has been that every organization uses different technology to communicate, which causes interoperability issues and a lack of a Common Operational Picture (COP) between them. Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) equipment that is relatively inexpensive, easily obtainable, simple to operate, and rapidly distributable to different organizations can help bridge this gap in the overall mission situational awareness. The goal of this research is to explore how to effectively implement Android-based devices to provide the tracking of team members and locations of significant activities/equipment graphically through the use of GPS, Google Maps, and custom overlays to increase situational awareness, thereby constructing a COP to assist in disaster relief efforts.
Smirl, Lisa. "Spaces of aid : spatial practices and the built environment in humanitarian assistance." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608880.
Full textShimotsu, John M. "Human rights and United States military humanitarian and civic assistance in Latin America." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Jun%5FShimotsu.pdf.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Harold Trinkunas, Karen Guttieri. Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-74). Also available online.
Bridgett, Richard J. "Analysis of employment of a Disaster Relief Damage Assessment System using discrete event simulation." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/MBAPR/2008/Dec/08Dec%5FBridgett%5FMBA.pdf.
Full textAdvisor(s): Heath, Susan ; Kang, Keebom. "December 2008." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 28, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51). Also available in print.
Gutierrez, Christian X. "THE NETTED HUMANITARIAN: IMPROVING THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE/DISASTER RELIEF (HA/DR) MISSIONS C." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/32832.
Full textSimms, Jim. "Military interaction with non-governmental organizations (NGO) and other humanitarian agencies (HA) during humanitarian assistance operations, defining the civilian-military relationship." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0023/MQ50083.pdf.
Full textMiller, Jeffrey. "Analysis and Process Model Development for Situation Awareness During Military Humanitarian Assistance Operations." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3557547.
Full textThe United States (US) military conducts frequent Humanitarian Assistance missions. In terms of numbers of operations, the US military has conducted more of these missions since the end of the Cold War than it has traditional war-fighting missions. Despite the frequency of these operations, the performance of the military is often criticized for not understanding the humanitarian operating environment or failing to make the best use of available assets and resources.
This research develops models of the information requirements, internal organization and processes that military staffs use when conducting a war-fighting operation and then when conducting a Humanitarian Assistance Operation. The models are then analyzed to determine how the staffs develop Situation Awareness in each case. Specifically, for each case it is determined how the staff perceives, or gathers, information required for performance of the mission; how well the staff comprehends or understands this information; and then how the staff uses the information to predict or project the impact of military actions on the future state of the environment.
Based on the results of the analysis, proposed changes to the current Humanitarian Assistance model are developed to enable the staff to achieve the same level of Situation Awareness as the staff conducting a war-fighting mission. Additionally, proposals are made for how a staff conducting a war-fighting operation with humanitarian aspects, such as a counter-insurgency operation, can leverage aspects of Situation Awareness development from the Humanitarian Assistance Model.
McDonald, Fritzi. "The determination of nursing manpower requirements in humanitarian assistance missions for hospital ships." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Jun%5FMcDonald%5FFritzi.pdf.
Full textEaston, Ryan J. "Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief policies in the association of Southeast Asian nations." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/45845.
Full textIn 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Aceh, Indonesia and triggered a tsunami that traveled across the Indian Ocean. In Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Thailand suffered the most destruction. Within hours of the tsunami, a massive international relief effort began. However, there was no regional effort made by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Even though Southeast Asia sees a major portion of the world’s natural disasters, ASEAN had no mechanisms in place to lead a regional humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) effort. The question arises: How have ASEAN’s HA/DR policies changed since 2004? This thesis shows that ASEAN’s policy evolved through a three-step process from non-commitment to commitment, commitment to institutionalization, and institutionalization to deployment of assets. Case studies of ASEAN’s responses to the East Timor crisis in 1999, the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, Cyclone Nargis in 2008, and Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 illustrate the evolution of ASEAN’s HA/DR policy.
Narbeth, Simon. "The geographies of vulnerability : humanitarian assistance and the contestation of place in Somalia." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/d3c74535-745f-4b8e-9ad7-e55d0ccf0088.
Full textFord, Todd D. Hogan James L. Perry Michael W. "Communication during complex humanitarian emergencies : using technology to bridge the gap /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02sep%5FFord.pdf.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Nancy Roberts, Alex Bordetsky. Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-162). Also available online.
Connon, Rachel E. "Analysis of the Salvation Army world service office's disaster relief capabilities." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/52964.
Full textIn the aftermath of a disaster, relief agencies rush to assist the affected population. However, lack of coordination between these agencies often results in poor resource management, which undermines efficacy and efficiency. This report facilitates inter-agency collaboration, particularly between military and non-military entities, by conducting a case study of one non-government organization involved in disaster relief. With the second-highest revenue among major non-government organizations in the United States, the Salvation Army in America—and, by extension, its international arm, the Salvation Army World Service Office (SAWSO)—is an ideal candidate for evaluation. This report evaluates SAWSO's disaster response capabilities by analyzing its organizational history, operational competencies, and financial resources. The results of this report offer a foundation for military and other humanitarian relief agencies to pursue collaborative efforts and increase the overall efficiency and efficacy of future disaster response operations. This report's findings indicate that SAWSO is a highly efficient organization from a financial standpoint, and that it offers a variety of relief capabilities that vary by region, with the provision of shelter, settlement, and non-food items among its strongest and most consistent competencies.
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You, Woongjo. "The relationship between the stated goal of foreign policy and foreign policy outcome." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2006.
Find full textWardell, Clarence L. III. "Signaling and search in humanitarian giving: models of donor and organization behavior in the humanitarian space." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31721.
Full textClementson, Thomas, and Charles Fisher. "Analysis of U.S. Military helicopter operations in support of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10584.
Full textThe objective of this project was to compare the relationship between Type Model Series platforms maintenance capability degradation and route selections, using different priorities and timelines. By identifying the top 10 maintenance failures and communicating these needs through the chain of command and supply chain it will minimize the mission capability degradation and maximize our aircraft availability. Establishing delivery routes that will maximize the number of sorties each aircraft can fly will help determine what percentage of overall demand we can meet. As the DOD budget continues to decrease, we need to find a more efficient way to maximize our resources and reduce our costs. The research team analyzed the impact of assigning aircraft by the lowest cost per flight hour in comparison to the other available T/M/S platforms. This analysis also clarifies the cost benefit analysis of the ARG versus CSG battle groups. By using the lessons learned from this project it will help ensure that each Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief mission is delivering the right supplies by the right T/M/S platforms for the right price.
Lensu, Maria. "Respect for culture and customs in international humanitarian assistance : implications for principles and policy." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2004. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2894/.
Full textSeel, Naomi. "Brazil and India - Exploring Motivations of 'New' Humanitarian Donors." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-46441.
Full textDeThomas, Scott V. "Aerial humanitarian operations delivering strategic effects /." CLICK HERE TO VIEW:, 2004. https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay2004/ari/DeThomas.pdf.
Full textKamanzi, Aziza. "Legal protection of humanitarian workers during a non-international armed conflict." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2491_1299492391.
Full textThis research paper focuses on the legal protection of humanitarian workers. It refers to the experience of governmental organizations with a humanitarian vocation, and international humanitarian organizations, such as, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), active in more than 80 countries. The ICRC was created in order provide assistance and protection to wounded combatants,11 but its activity has gradually extended to include prisoners of war and civilians, territories. Also Medecin Sans Frontiere (MSF), functioning in more than 70 countries, was established to provide medical assistance to victims of conflicts or natural and other disasters.
Wolf, Eric S. "Using agent-based distillations to explore logistics support to urban, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03sep%5FWolf.pdf.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Susan M. Sanchez, Niki Goerger, Lloyd Brown. Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-143). Also available online.
Hunt, Matthew 1973. "Ethics beyond borders : how Canadian health professionals experience ethics in humanitarian assistance and development work." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98729.
Full textHogberg, James A. Stone Shimon. "Humanitarian assistance : adapting the process to meet the military's evolving role in non-traditional missions /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School : Available from National Technical Information Service, 1993. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA276358.
Full textWilke, Corvin Jamie Antoinette. "The role of organizational culture in the delivery of humanitarian assistance and inter-organizational collaboration." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001653.
Full textMogilevsky, Phillip. "OPTIMIZING TRANSPORTATION OF DISASTER RELIEF MATERIAL TO SUPPORT U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND FOREIGN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OPERATIONS." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/32871.
Full textIn the wake of a global natural disaster, the U.S. Military often plays a significant logistical role at the request of the Department of State to overall relief efforts. Its primary purposes in these support missions are to safeguard lives, alleviate human suffering, and mitigate property damage. Our military has robust capabilities in transportation and security, and readily available stockpiles of life-saving humanitarian assistance and disaster relief material. Disaster relief operations are time-critical because delays in the delivery of aid can cause increased suffering and perhaps death. This thesis optimizes the transportation of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief material to the affected state within the U.S. Pacific Command Area of Responsibility. Optimization of this transportation network results in significant reductions of planning times, development and analysis of several alternative courses of action, and savings in delivery times and/or costs. A cost versus time analysis of various alternatives provides decision makers with more flexibility than they previously had.
Gastrock, Jared R., and Juan J. Iturriaga. "Analysis of United States Marine Corps operations in support of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/38954.
Full textIn order to improve the effectiveness of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) response to future international humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) missions, an analysis of the demands created by such disasters as well as the capabilities of the USMC is necessary. This research focuses on the primary response organization within the USMC, the Marine expeditionary unit (MEU),and those resources available to the MEU to conduct HA/DR operations. Recent HA/DR events will be examined to determine how common demands were met by the USMC as well as any gaps that may exist that should be addressed to improve future effectiveness. In this research, we explore the capabilities of the USMC MEU that satisfy demands arising from natural disasters. We follow the humanitarian and military core competencies framework for studying the USMC capabilities to match the supply with the demand from certain past disasters. Compiling and analyzing data from multiple USMC publications, historical records of disasters, and the USMC response to those disasters we identify those capabilities provided by the USMC that are the most critical and unique with respect to the conduct of HA/DR missions. We have collected data for the 2007 cyclone on the southwest coast of Bangladesh, the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. We selected these disasters due to their impact and the level of involvement of the USMC in relief operations.
Ng, Fuquan. "Feasibility of using Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) for Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Relief (HA/DR) operations." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/17426.
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