Main description:

As human population has continued to concentrate in urban areas, the number of people and the value of property affected by disasters, both natural and human-generated, have grown as well. Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, and forest fires have all taken their toll so have such anthropogenic disasters as pipeline failures, industrial spills, and terrorist attacks.The contents of this volume consist of papers presented at the fourth in a series of conferences convened to assess the potential risk from various disasters and discuss ways to prevent or mitigate damage. The papers have been contributed by experts on public health, security, and disaster management from academia, industry, and government.Topics covered include: Disaster Analysis; Disaster Monitoring and Mitigation; Emergency Preparedness; Risk Assessment and Mitigation; Risk and Security; Safety and Resilience; Socio-economic Issues; Case Studies.

Contents:

ContentsThe preparation and integration of Turkey's National Disaster Response PlanSection 1: Disaster analysisAssessment of social vulnerability against disasters: a pilot case for an earthquake in Istanbul; Megacity indicator system for disaster risk management (MegaIST): integrated assessment of physical risks in IstanbulSection 2: Disaster monitoring and mitigationSudan's approach to knowledge management in disaster management; The evolution of the protection systems against natural disasters in Brazil: laws, agencies, information and knowledge; A study on the construction of a disaster situation management system in Korea based on government 3.0 directive; Forecasting river bank erosion with regards to rainfall erosivity and soil erodibility; Regional landslide early warning using rainfall characteristicsSection 3: Emergency preparednessTechnical survey about available technologies for detecting buried people under rubble or avalanches; Emergency preparedness for accidental chemical spills from tankers in Istanbul Strait; Seismic vulnerability assessment of health facilities in Mexico City, Mexico; Developing a framework to enhance early warning response capabilities of disaster resilience in the UAE; A guideline for implementing major elements of EWS in the Arab Region: case studies in the UAESection 4: Risk assessment and mitigationA risk assessment tool for the ship recycling industry; The potential effects of climate change on the habitat in Southern Mexico; Analysis of the loss probability relation on a community level: a contribution to a comprehensive flood risk assessment; Risk sensitive landscape planning and design: case study of the Prince Islands, Istanbul Section 5: Risk and securitySeismic risk of three main health facilities in Mexico City, Mexico; The safety situation within the context of simulations of crisis management processes; Analysing velocity data for emergency cars at urban crossroadsSection 6: Safety and resilienceThe rise of regional programmes on critical infrastructure resilience: dentification and assessment of current good practices; Social media activities during restoration after the Great East Japan EarthquakeSection 7: Socio-economic issuesEvaluating psychological preparedness for the threat and impacts of climate change disasters and its change after intervention: an integrated modelling approach; Political implications of natural disasters: regime consolidation and political contestation; Factor analysis of a move to a Karino-machi; Land for the landlessSection 8: Case studiesThe role of information systems to support disaster management; Decision support for multimodal transportation systems at major events and disasters: a case study in the region of Brunswick (Germany); Collaborative reconstruction process design before an earthquake through the development of a pre-disaster planning program: a case study in Shinjuku Tokyo