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Asamoah, Catherine, Harry Akussah, and Adams Musah. "Recordkeeping and disaster management in public sector institutions in Ghana." Records Management Journal 28, no. 3 (2018): 218–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rmj-01-2018-0001.

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the disaster management procedures and measures adopted by public institutions in managing their information resources with a view to identifying possible problems and making recommendations for their resolution. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires, interviews and observation were used to collect data from 65 respondents from 19 ministries and five respondents from the Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD) and the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO). Descriptive statistics and content analysis were use

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Owusu-Kwateng, Kwame, Munir Abdul Hamid, and Bernice Debrah. "Disaster relief logistics operation: an insight from Ghana." International Journal of Emergency Services 6, no. 1 (2017): 4–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijes-10-2016-0022.

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Purpose Coordinating logistics in the midst of a relief operation is often an overwhelming job that can jeopardise the human life and assets if not done rapidly and practicably. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performance of relief logistics in a disaster situation in Ghana with emphasis on the coordination of emergency relief operation and effectiveness of inventory management. Design/methodology/approach A stratified sampling method was employed to a sample of 134 respondents from regional, district and municipal offices in the National Disaster Management Organisation in Ghana

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Nikolić, Vesna, Mirjana Galjak, and Josip Taradi. "Disaster risk management and community resilience." Sigurnost 62, no. 2 (2020): 151–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.31306/s.62.2.3.

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SAŽETAK: Prirodne katastrofe događaju se svuda u svijetu. One predstavljaju mnoge izazove društvu i pojedincima. Ti izazovi zahtijevaju da ljudi i zajednice budu pripravni i sposobni za učinkovit odgovor koji će ubrzati ponovnu uspostavu društvenog poretka i funkcioniranje društva. Učinkovit odgovor neke zajednice uključuje definiranje strategija za smanjenje rizika od prirodnih katastrofa, a one se sastoje od više elemenata: održavanje izgrađenog okoliša, razvoj sustava upozoravanja, razvoj znanja i sposobnosti za zajednički odgovor itd. Kako procesi upozoravanja i umanjivanja šteta nikad nis

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Morton Hamer, Melinda J., Paul L. Reed, Jane D. Greulich, Gabor D. Kelen, Nicole A. Bradstreet, and Charles W. Beadling. "The West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative: Strengthening National Capacities for All-Hazards Disaster Preparedness." Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 11, no. 4 (2016): 431–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2016.155.

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AbstractObjectiveThe Ebola outbreak demonstrated the need for improved disaster response throughout West Africa. The West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative was a training and assessment effort led by US Africa Command and partners to strengthen capacities among 12 West African partner nations (PNs).MethodsSeries of 3-week training sessions with representatives from each PN were held from 13 July through 20 November 2015 at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra, Ghana. A team conducted Disaster Management Capabilities Assessments (DMCAs) for each PN, including

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Simpson, Kweku Bedu, and Aloysius Sam. "Strategies for health and safety management in Ghana." Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology 18, no. 2 (2019): 431–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jedt-07-2019-0189.

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate the contemporary strategies for Health and Safety (H&S) management practices at the construction sites in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach The study used a mixed method approach in conducting a cross-sectional survey at 28 active construction sites in the Kumasi and Accra metropolises of Ghana using questionnaires and interview guide by using purposive, convenience and snowball sampling techniques. Data were collected from 170 survey respondents and 18 interview participants comprising artisans and management staff. Findings On H&S management pr

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SEKIGUCHI, Nobuyasu, Hiroyasu OHTSU, Tooru YASUDA, Ryuutarou IZU, and Kenji TAKAHASHI. "STUDY ON ROAD SLOPE DISASTER PREVENTION INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT S YSTEM." Journal of Construction Management, JSCE 15 (2008): 141–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2208/procm.15.141.

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Donovan, J. Ward, Joseph J. Trautlein, Kenneth L. Miller, and H. Arnold Muller. "Disaster Management During a Nuclear Accident." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 1, S1 (1985): 404–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00045283.

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Disaster preparedness as developed by civil authorities and hospitals has not adequately addressed the special characteristics of mass casualties from nuclear accidents, as demonstrated during the accident at the Three Mile Island (TMI) Nuclear Power Generating Plant. Experiences gained by the Radiation Emergency Task Force of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, established during the TMI incident, have resulted in reexamination of emregency medical services (EMS) systems response, population and hospital evacuation, decontamination procedures, communications, triage and psychologic impact d

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Adu-Gyamfi, Samuel, Kwasi Amakye-Boateng, Henry Tettey Yartey, Aminu Dramani, and Victor Nii Adoteye. "Nuclear Energy in Ghana? History, Science and Policy." Journal of Social and Development Sciences 8, no. 3 (2017): 11–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v8i3.1972.

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This paper discusses the issue of nuclear energy in Ghana, although the country is not operating a nuclear plant, the study focuses on the energy crisis that persistently hit the country and governmentâ€™s plans to opt for nuclear energy as part of Ghanaâ€™s energyâ€™s mix to cater for the shortfalls in Ghanaâ€™s electricity generation. Ghana after independence decided to add nuclear energy into its energy mix to promote industrialization and make Ghana an industrial hub and investment destination as well as make it a net exporter of power in Africa. In spite of this plan for a nuclear plant r

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Macnight Ngwese, Nsioh, Osamu Saito, Akiko Sato, Yaw Agyeman Boafo, and Godfred Jasaw. "Traditional and Local Knowledge Practices for Disaster Risk Reduction in Northern Ghana." Sustainability 10, no. 3 (2018): 825. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10030825.

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Agyenim-Boateng, Cletus, and Kofi Oduro-Boateng. "Accounting for disasters." Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies 9, no. 3 (2019): 422–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jaee-04-2017-0048.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate disaster accountability process, and it seeks to advocate for involvement of victims as salient stakeholders in the accountability process. Design/methodology/approach The authors adopt a case study of the 3rd June, 2015 flood disaster and fire that occurred in Accra, Ghana and draw mainly on interviews, as well as observations and a review of publicly available documents. Findings Several actors are involved in disaster management in Ghana. These actors play several roles as part of the disaster management process. Coordination is observed a

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Bhattarai, Raj Kumar. "Behind Disaster Management: Resiliency in Cultural Configuration." Journal of Business and Social Sciences 1, no. 1 (2018): 88–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jbss.v1i1.22831.

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The paper discovers the worth of a resilient culture in the course of disaster management following 2015’s Nepal Earthquake. An empirical investigation into the activities of rescues, rescuers, government authorities, humanitarian agencies, and civil societies indicates that the effectiveness of rescue, relief, recovery, and reconstruction activities are influenced by their cultural resiliency. The discovery process involved field visits, personal observation and experience, interviews, literature review and discourse analysis as well as interpretation. The study concentrated on the issues con

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Bhattarai, Raj Kumar. "Behind Disaster Management: Resiliency in Cultural Configuration." Journal of Business and Social Sciences 2, no. 1 (2018): 88–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jbss.v2i1.22831.

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The paper discovers the worth of a resilient culture in the course of disaster management following 2015’s Nepal Earthquake. An empirical investigation into the activities of rescues, rescuers, government authorities, humanitarian agencies, and civil societies indicates that the effectiveness of rescue, relief, recovery, and reconstruction activities are influenced by their cultural resiliency. The discovery process involved field visits, personal observation and experience, interviews, literature review and discourse analysis as well as interpretation. The study concentrated on the issues con

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Mashreky, S. R., S. Bari, S. L. Sen, A. Rahman, T. F. Khan, and F. Rahman. "Managing burn patients in a fire disaster: Experience from a burn unit in Bangladesh." Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery 43, S 01 (2010): S131—S135. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1699470.

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ABSTRACTAlthough burn disaster is not a frequent event, with urbanisation and industrialisation, burn disaster is becoming an emerging problem in Bangladesh. On 3 June 2010, a fire disaster killed 124 people in Neemtali, Dhaka, Bangladesh. This paper narrates the management of burn patients of this disaster in the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The burn unit managed 192 burn victims of the disaster. Forty-two victims were admitted and 150 of them received primary care at the emergency room and were sent back home. Ten patients among 42 in-patients died. The in-patient mortality w

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Solfiah, Yeni Solfiah, Devi Risma, Hukmi, and Rita Kurnia. "Early Childhood Disaster Management Media Through Picture Story Books." JPUD - Jurnal Pendidikan Usia Dini 14, no. 1 (2020): 141–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.21009/141.10.

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   Indonesia is a country that has a high potential for natural disasters. Picture story book is a form of disaster management learning that can help children from an early age to prepare for a natural disaster. The aims of this study to develop story books as a disaster management learning media, to improve knowledge and skills of children and teacher about the understanding, principles, and actions of rescue when facing the natural disasters, to increase the teacher’s learning quality in disaster management. Developmental research approach is used to execute the study. A to

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Ido, Masahiro. "Planning Strategies for Disaster Debris Management from a SMW Consultant′s Viewpoint." Material Cycles and Waste Management Research 24, no. 6 (2013): 434–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.3985/mcwmr.24.434.

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N. Madu, Christian, and Chu-Hua Kuei. "Disaster relief supply chain quality management (DRSCQM)." International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 31, no. 9 (2014): 1052–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijqrm-08-2013-0136.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for disaster relief supply chain quality management (DRSCQM). Design/methodology/approach – This paper introduces a structured approach to making decisions in the following areas: system foundation, system constraints, initial sudden natural disaster encounter point(s), the intensity of disaster, the efficacy of the disaster relief supply chain systems, and post-disaster relief management. Findings – The context-intervention-mechanism-outcome logic provides guidelines for facilitating Lean Six Sigma to eliminate wastes and improve t

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Djimesah, Isaac Edem, Agnes Naa Dedei Okine, and Kingsford Kissi Mireku. "Influential factors in creating warning systems towards flood disaster management in Ghana: An analysis of 2007 Northern flood." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 28 (June 2018): 318–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.03.012.

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Song, Youngseok, and Moojong Park. "Rainfall Standard of Disaster Prediction for Agricultural Droughts in S. Korea." Applied Sciences 10, no. 21 (2020): 7423. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10217423.

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With the climate change adding to the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, drought has devastated large areas of lands in South Korea. Still, the exact beginning and end of the drought is difficult to identify, and this impedes the development and implementation of disaster predictions. Although the drought phenomenon has been well-documented, predictions thereof are limited due to the non-linear and complex temporal fluctuations of the hydrologic factors. Hence, this study set up some reference points for disaster-prediction rainfall based on South Korea’s agricultural drought damage

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Ansah, S. O., M. A. Ahiataku, C. K. Yorke, et al. "Meteorological Analysis of Floods in Ghana." Advances in Meteorology 2020 (March 24, 2020): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4230627.

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The first episodes of floods caused by heavy rainfall during the major rainy season in 2018 occurred in Accra (5.6°N and 0.17°W), a coastal town, and Kumasi (6.72°N and 1.6°W) in the forest region on the 18th and 28th of June, respectively. We applied the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to investigate and examine the meteorological dynamics, which resulted in the extreme rainfall and floods that caused 14 deaths, 34076 people being displaced with damaged properties, and economic loss estimated at $168,289 for the two cities according to the National Disaster Management Organizatio

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Rostyawan, Aldy. "Management Risk: Mitigating The Loss of Natural Disaster." DIALEKTIKA : Jurnal Ekonomi dan Ilmu Sosial 2, no. 1 (2017): 54–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.36636/dialektika.v2i1.233.

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AbstraksiBencana alam bukanlah hal yang baru, namun cara untuk mengurangi dampaknya masihberkembang. Hal ini karena bencana alam saat ini menjadi lebih ganas, dan juga karena tanahyang orang klaim dan kembangkan kini telah mengarah ke daerah yang memiliki resiko tinggiakan bencana alam yang membuat para ahli terus mengembangkan cara untuk meminimalkankerugiannya. Ketika bencana alam terjadi di sebuah negara, itu akan berdampak padaperekonomian negara tersebut. Tulisan ini akan menjelaskan apa dampak langsung dan tidaklangsung yang bencana alam lakukan kepada suatu negara sambil menyajikan bebe

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Mutizwa, Bismark. "An Investigation into Organisation Capacity for National Disaster Management in Zimbabwe: The Case of the Department of Civil Protection." International Journal of Humanities, Management and Social Science 4, no. 1 (2021): 11–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.36079/lamintang.ij-humass-0401.207.

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Across the globe, disasters – both natural and man-made – have threatened humanity. These disasters had grave and devastating impact on human life, infrastructure, and the environment as evidenced by the February 2000 Cyclone Eline and March 2019 Cyclone Idai. This research sought to investigate the Department of Civil Protection`s (DCP) capacity in national disaster management. The research examines how the DCP handled cyclones from 2000-2019 in Chimanimani District. Organisational capacity was assessed on the basis of its core principles which are: leadership, management and operations, comm

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Boadu, Elijah Frimpong, Riza Yosia Sunindijo, and Cynthia Changxin Wang. "Health and Safety Consideration in the Procurement of Public Construction Projects in Ghana." Buildings 11, no. 3 (2021): 128. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11030128.

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This study explored the extent to which health and safety (H&S) are considered in the procurement of public sector projects in Ghana. This is based on the background that procurement decisions have implications for project H&S management. The enormous size of public procurement projects offers opportunities for public clients to influence the behaviour of the construction market including the promotion of H&S through procurement. To date, no study has fully assessed the extent of H&S considerations in procurement decisions for public sector construction projects in Ghana. To fi

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Le Roux, Tanya, and Dewald Van Niekerk. "Challenges in stakeholders self-organising to enhance disaster communication." Corporate Communications: An International Journal 25, no. 1 (2019): 128–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ccij-07-2019-0078.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to combine disaster risk reduction (DRR) and communication management literature to investigate the challenges and opportunities encountered when stakeholders spontaneously self-organise communication efforts during a disaster. The 2017 Knysna Fire Disaster in South Africa is used as the context. Design/methodology/approach The qualitative, exploratory research was supported by data obtained through thematic analysis of qualitative in-depth interviews and the Facebook page created by the community. Information from the disaster debrief was also included. Fi

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Annor-Asubonteng, Joseph, Callistus Tengan, Tom Mboya Asigri, and Napoleon Kuebutornye D. K. "Investigating the Cost Management Practices of Indigenous Firms in the Ghanaian Construction Industry." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 10, no. 5(J) (2018): 179–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v10i5(j).2507.

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Cost management is key to project implementation and an important tool for maximizing profit nonetheless it has been a major challenge for most indigenous construction firms in Ghana. The study seeks to investigate the important factors influencing cost management practices among indigenous construction firms in Ghana and to ascertain whether there is a significant difference between the responses of the categories of the firm (construction and consultancy firms) in Ghana. A total of 82 questionnaires were retrieved from 100 administered questionnaires to professionals with indigenous construc

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Lin, Ciyun, Yongli Yu, Dayong Wu, and Bowen Gong. "Traffic Flow Catastrophe Border Identification for Urban High-Density Area Based on Cusp Catastrophe Theory: A Case Study under Sudden Fire Disaster." Applied Sciences 10, no. 9 (2020): 3197. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10093197.

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For traffic management under sudden disasters in high-density areas, the first and foremost step is to prevent traffic congestion in the disaster-affected area by traffic flow management and control, so as to provide enough and flexible traffic capacity for emergency evacuation and emergency rescue. Catastrophe border identification is the foundation and the key to traffic congestion prediction under sudden disaster. This paper uses a mathematical model to study the regional traffic flow in the high-density area under sudden fire disaster based on the Cusp Catastrophe Theory (CCT). The catastr

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Samaddar, Subhajyoti, Muneta Yokomatsu, Frederick Dayour, et al. "Evaluating Effective Public Participation in Disaster Management and Climate Change Adaptation: Insights From Northern Ghana Through a User-Based Approach." Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy 6, no. 1 (2015): 117–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rhc3.12075.

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Motamedi, Mohammad Hosein Kalantar, Masoud Saghafinia, Azadeh Hassani Bafarani, and Farzad Panahi. "A Reassessment and Review of the Bam Earthquake Five Years Onward: What Was Done Wrong?" Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 24, no. 5 (2009): 453–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00007317.

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AbstractIntroduction:An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale on 23 December 2003 devastated the city of Bam in southeastern Iran. During the response and recovery phases, considerable shortcomings were discovered. The dire situation in the affected area, a variety of urgently required interventions, and the large number of aid organizations involved brought about difficulties in management, coordination, and communication among authorities and aid organizations. This article highlights flaws in management in the var-ious aspects of this disaster in order to assess what was done, and w

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Anam, Agus Khoirul, Sri Winarni, and Budi Susatya. "The Effectiveness Of Disaster Training Improving Knowledge, Attitude And Skill Nursing Disaster For Disaster Preparedness Kelud Erruption Blitar City." Jurnal Ners dan Kebidanan (Journal of Ners and Midwifery) 2, no. 2 (2015): 108–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.26699/jnk.v2i2.art.p108-114.

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Introduction: Disaster preparedness is a series of efforts made to anticipate the disaster through organizing as well as the steps effectively and usefull. Identification of factors influencing nursing preparedness is beneficial in the preparation of government programs related to nursing preparedness in disaster management and nurses understand the factors that need to be considered.This study aimed to identify the efectiveness of disaster training to enhance knowledge, attitude and skill nurses in disaster management.Methode :This research is pre experimental pretest posttest design . The nu

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Vossoughi, Sarah, Jeffrey L. Winters, Edwin A. Burgstaler, and Joseph Schwartz. "The ABC 's of disaster management: Managing apheresis operations during the SARS‐CoV ‐2 pandemic." Journal of Clinical Apheresis 35, no. 4 (2020): 243–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jca.21803.

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Tasantab, Jerry Chati, Thayaparan Gajendran, Jason von Meding, and Kim Maund. "Perceptions and deeply held beliefs about responsibility for flood risk adaptation in Accra Ghana." International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment 11, no. 5 (2020): 631–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijdrbe-11-2019-0076.

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Purpose Climate change is predicted to increase the vulnerability of urban populations to flood hazards. Against this backdrop, flood risk adaptation has become pertinent. However, in Ghana, current flood risk management practice is fostered by a reactive culture. There is limited research on how communities and government agencies are engaging with flood risk adaptation in improving resilience. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the culture of communities and agencies through the cultural theory of risk (CTR), towards understanding the flood risk adaptation in Accra, Ghana. Culture is deci

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Zdravkovic, Milan, Ovidiu Noran, Hervé Panetto, and Miroslav Trajanovic. "Enabling interoperability as a property of ubiquitous systems for disaster management." Computer Science and Information Systems 12, no. 3 (2015): 1009–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/csis141031011z.

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The advent of the future Internet-of-Things brings about increasing complexity and diversification of Enterprise Information Systems, which makes interoperability a critical requirement towards their scalability and sustainable development. This is especially evident in the disaster management area, which typically involves a highly heterogeneous set of institutions and organisations responsible for delivering emergency response services who often fail to rise up to the task, mainly due to a lack of proper collaboration. As the legacy consideration of the interoperability paradigm appears to f

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Adam, Anokye, and Edward Quansah. "Effects of working capital management policies on shareholders’ value: Evidence from listed manufacturing firms in Ghana." Panoeconomicus 66, no. 5 (2019): 659–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/pan161206027a.

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This study has sought to determine the effects of working capital management policies on shareholder value creation for six manufacturing firms listed at the Ghana Stock Exchange for the period of 2000-2013. Data were gathered from the annual reports of the firms and the publication of Ghana Stock Exchange. The study employed a longitudinal explanatory non-experimental research design applied to a dynamic panel Autoregressive Distributed Lags methodology framework for analysing the data. The results indicated that conservative current asset investment policies increase economic value added (EV

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Zaman, Maniza S., and Sandro Calvani. "The World Heath Organization's Disaster Reduction Policies in Africa at the Dawn of 1990's: Steps in the Right Direction?" Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 6, no. 2 (1991): 271–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00028405.

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AbstractThe World Health Organization, Panafrican Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response (WHO/EPR) was established in 1988, and officially opened in March 1989, as a practical and functional response to the identified need for a regional institution to deal effectively with the health and related consequences of both natural and man-made disasters. The principal objective of the Centre is to aid member countries in the prevention and/or reduction of the adverse health effects of disasters, be they direct or indirect, by strengthening national capacities for disaster preparedness and re

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Toyoda, Yusuke. "A Framework of Simulation and Gaming for Enhancing Community Resilience Against Large-Scale Earthquakes: Application for Achievements in Japan." Simulation & Gaming 51, no. 2 (2020): 180–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1046878119899424.

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Background. The significance of mutual-help in communities for disaster management is a fundamental important concept. However, the current societal state does not reflect this lesson. S&G (Simulation and Gaming) has the potential to overcome the challenges faced in promoting community-based disaster management. No scientific research is currently present that reviews their achievements in Japan. Aim. This paper analyzes the current achievements of S&G in enhancing community resilience against large-scale earthquakes in Japan. Method. The paper clarifies the theoretical advantages of S

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Baba, H., T. Watanabe, K. Miyata, and H. Matsumoto. "Area Business Continuity Management, A New Approach to Sustainable Local Economy." Journal of Disaster Research 10, no. 2 (2015): 204–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2015.p0204.

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The flooding of the Chao Phraya River in Thailand and the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, both of which occurred in 2011, reminded us of the risks of business disruption and further impacts on national, regional, and global economies through supply chains when disasters occur anywhere in the world. Considering the increasing economic losses attributable to disasters, the fourth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2013) aimed to promote resilience and foster new opportunities for public-private partnerships as part of an overall approach to improving risk govern

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Osonuga, A., OA Osonuga, AA Osonuga, and IO Osonuga. "A review of some Antiretroviral therapies used in Management of HIV/AIDS in Ghana." Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science 11, no. 3 (2012): 168–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v11i3.11716.

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HIV is a RNA retrovirus that causes progressive weakening of the hosts immune system increasing susceptibility to opportunistic infections. Antiretroviral drugs are currently used to manage the infection. This paper reviews the benefits and the toxicity associated with ARTs currently used in Ghana. Google search, PUBMED and Google scholar were used to gather information from different books, websites and peerreviewed journal articles. ARTs significantly improved the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS by increasing the CD4 count and reducing the viral load. ARTs have short and long

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Adu-Gyamfi, Anthony, and Nick Hodgetts. "Bryophytes of Ghana." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 2 (June 15, 2018): e25879. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.25879.

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There is currently limited information on plant biodiversity from Ghana. Most of the information openly available has been published by the Ghana Herbarium at the Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana. The Ghana Herbarium has over 100,000 specimens from Ghana and other West African countries. Of these approximately 85% of the specimen labels have been digitized. The database contains information including species names, taxonomic family, barcode number, name of collector(s), locality data, date of collection, description of species and uses of the plants. Data were

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Abuzayan, Kayis M. A., Andrew Whyte, and Joyce Bell. "Asset-management framework(s) for infrastructure facilities in adverse (post-conflict/disaster-zone/high-alert) conditions." Procedia Economics and Finance 18 (2014): 304–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2212-5671(14)00944-7.

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Luo, Min, Bang Tao Liu, Yuan Bin Li, Min Jun Li, and Huan Deng. "Application of ActiveX Technique in Disaster Tolerant System." Applied Mechanics and Materials 711 (December 2014): 276–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.711.276.

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The paper introduces a disaster tolerant system based on B/S mode and proposes a safe and effective communication protocol that combines with communicational needs. The protocol has been realized in this paper. This system has adopted remote management based on Web so that its construction is reasonable and operation is convenient. Through test,the system which is excellent in performance and stable in working is considered to be valuable for application and promotion.

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Bremer, Rannveig. "Policy Development in Disaster Preparedness and Management: Lessons Learned from the January 2001 Earthquake in Gujarat, India." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 18, no. 4 (2003): 372–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00001345.

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AbstractIntroduction:During the last decades, several humanitarian emergencies have occurred, with an increasing number of humanitarian organizations taking part in providing assistance. However, need assessments, medical intelligence, and coordination of the aid often are sparse, resulting in the provision of ineffective and expensive assistance. When an earthquake with the strength of 7.7 on the Richter scale struck the state of Gujarat, India, during the early morning on 26 January 2001, nearly 20,000 persons were killed, nearly 170,000 were injured, and 600,000 were rendered homeless. This

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Callaway, David W., Christopher R. Peabody, Ari Hoffman, et al. "Disaster Mobile Health Technology: Lessons from Haiti." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 27, no. 2 (2012): 148–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x12000441.

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AbstractIntroductionMobile health (mHealth) technology can play a critical role in improving disaster victim tracking, triage, patient care, facility management, and theater-wide decision-making.ProblemTo date, no disaster mHealth application provides responders with adequate capabilities to function in an austere environment.MethodsThe Operational Medicine Institute (OMI) conducted a qualitative trial of a modified version of the off-the-shelf application iChart at the Fond Parisien Disaster Rescue Camp during the large-scale response to the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.ResultsThe iCh

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Campbell, B. C., and A. B. Heywood. "Development of a Primary Health Care Information System in Ghana: Lessons Learned." Methods of Information in Medicine 36, no. 02 (1997): 63–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1634694.

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Abstract:In Ghana, between January 1990 and September 1993, a series of steps were undertaken to review the existing vertical reporting procedures and to develop an integrated Health Management Information System (HMIS) for Primary Health Care (PHC).These steps included a situation analysis of the existing reporting systems; participatory design of tools for planning, data collection, feedback and reporting; field test and revision of the modified system; training of staff at all levels; development of tools for self-assessment and stimulation of routine feedback to lower levels and reporting

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Qi, Fenjie, Yaxin Zhou, and Shuo Feng. "Strengthening Destinations’ Resilience from Bushfires—A Study of Eastern Australia." Journal of Management and Sustainability 11, no. 2 (2021): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jms.v11n2p43.

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Climate change has brought people&rsquo;s attention in recent decades, which demonstrates a critical phenomenon of increased natural disaster risks. The consequences of natural hazards are highly potential to bring significant economic, reputational, social, and environmental impacts on Australia&rsquo;s tourism industry. Considering the close relationship between the unique natural environment and the local tourism industry, natural disasters always play critical roles in terms of the destinations&rsquo; resilience. This paper aims to examine the cause-and-effect of natural disast

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Addi, Martin, Kofi Asare, Samuel Kofi Fosuhene, Theophilus Ansah-Narh, Kenneth Aidoo, and Comfort Gyasiwaa Botchway. "Impact of Large-Scale Climate Indices on Meteorological Drought of Coastal Ghana." Advances in Meteorology 2021 (February 3, 2021): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8899645.

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The devastating effects of drought on agriculture, water resources, and other socioeconomic activities have severe consequences on food security and water resource management. Understanding the mechanism that drives drought and predicting its variability is important for enhancing early warning and disaster risk management. In this study, meteorological droughts over six coastal synoptic stations were investigated using three-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI). The dry seasons of November-December-January (NDJ), December-January-February (DJF), and January-February-March (JFM) were t

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Amos-Wilson, P. M. "Some issues concerning women in senior management: a case study from Ghana." Public Administration and Development 19, no. 3 (1999): 219–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-162x(199908)19:3<219::aid-pad78>3.0.co;2-s.

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Oku, S., R. Yamamoto, and M. Kimura. "Interim Report of Healthcare Delivery after East Japan Earthquake-Tsunami Disaster – Does EHR Help?" Methods of Information in Medicine 50, no. 05 (2011): 393–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1625349.

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Bonney, Joseph, Ana I. L. Namburete, Sesinam Dagadu, et al. "Development of an E-Learning Platform For EMTs In Ghana." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 34, s1 (2019): s119—s120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x19002565.

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Introduction:The continuous development of the knowledge and skill of the emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in Ghana is important for the success of the pre-hospital system. Due to distance and time constraints, an online e-learning platform is a good way to educate the Emergency Medicine Technicians in Ghana.Aim:The study looked at the feasibility of developing a distant learning module for the training and continuous medical education of EMTs.Methods:EMTs in the Ashanti Region were randomly selected to be part of the study. They received online lectures and notes that were accessible by t

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Wang, Qian, Yangyang Liu, Linjing Tong, Weihong Zhou, Xiaoyu Li, and Jianlong Li. "Rescaled Statistics and Wavelet Analysis on Agricultural Drought Disaster Periodic Fluctuations in China from 1950 to 2016." Sustainability 10, no. 9 (2018): 3257. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10093257.

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An agricultural drought disaster was analyzed with the new insight of rescaled statistics (R/S) and wavelet analysis in this study. The results showed that: (1) the Hurst index of the agricultural disaster area, the inundated area of agricultural drought disaster, and the grain loss was 0.821, 0.874, and 0.953, respectively, indicating that the process of the agricultural drought disaster had stronger positive continuity during the study period; (2) based on the Morlet analysis of the agricultural disaster area, the inundated area of the agricultural drought disaster, and the grain loss of Chi

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Putri, Intan Adhi Perdana. "KAPASITAS PEMERINTAH PROVINSI JAMBI DALAM MENGHADAPI BENCANA BANJIR DAN ASAP AKIBAT KEBAKARAN HUTAN DAN LAHAN." Jurnal Kependudukan Indonesia 14, no. 1 (2019): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.14203/jki.v14i1.423.

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Preventing and reducing disaster victims is crucial in the disaster risk reduction context. The government, particularly at the local level, plays a vital role in reducing such risk. Therefore, strengthening the capacity of local governments is needed to reach the goal. This necessity is clearly stated in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDDR) 2015-2030. The capacity of local government in disaster risk management is essential in preventing and minimizing the number of victims. Floods and forest and land fire haze are the most common disasters in Jambi Province. Understanding

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Laugé, Ana, Josune Hernantes, and Jose Mari Sarriegi. "Analysis of disasters impacts and the relevant role of critical infrastructures for crisis management improvement." International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment 6, no. 4 (2015): 424–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijdrbe-07-2014-0047.

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Purpose – Disasters are complex phenomena, by diverse nature and whose management is complicated. An efficient analysis of potential impacts that may result as consequence of a disaster has to be conducted to improve the preparation and response in face of future events. Design/methodology/approach – A review of impact evaluation methodologies and real disasters’ impacts has been performed to develop an impact indicators’ framework. Then, a questionnaire has been administered to critical infrastructure (CI) operators to identify CI dependencies and their consequences. Findings – A proper impac

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