List of Figures and Tables |
About the Author |
Foreword |
Preface |
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations |
Management of Disasters / I: |
Introduction / 1: |
Issues in Management of Disasters-Personal Experience / 1.1: |
Red River Flooding / 1.1.1: |
"Red River Flood of the Century," Manitoba, Canada / 1.1.2: |
Tools for Management of Disasters-Two New Paradigms / 1.2: |
The Complexity Paradigm / 1.2.1: |
The Uncertainty Paradigm / 1.2.2: |
Conclusions / 1.3: |
References |
Exercises |
Integrated Disaster Management / 2: |
Definition / 2.1: |
Integrated Disaster Management Activities / 2.2: |
Mitigation / 2.2.1: |
Preparedness / 2.2.2: |
Response / 2.2.3: |
Recovery / 2.2.4: |
Disaster Management in Canada-Brief Overview / 2.3: |
Emergency Management Act / 2.3.1: |
National Disaster Mitigation Strategy / 2.3.2: |
Joint Emergency Preparedness Program / 2.3.3: |
Emergency Response / 2.3.4: |
The Role of Federal Government in Disaster Recovery / 2.3.5: |
Decision Making and Integrated Disaster Management / 2.4: |
Individual Decision Making / 2.4.1: |
Decision Making in Organizations / 2.4.2: |
Decision Making in Government / 2.4.3: |
Systems View of Integrated Disaster Management / 2.5: |
Systems Analaysis for Integrated Management of Disasters / II: |
Systems Thinking and Integrated Disaster Management / 3: |
System Definitions / 3.1: |
What is a System? / 3.1.1: |
Systems Thinking / 3.1.2: |
Systems Analysis / 3.1.3: |
The Systems Approach / 3.1.4: |
Systems "Engineering" / 3.1.5: |
Feedback / 3.1.6: |
Mathematical Modeling / 3.1.7: |
A Classification of Systems / 3.1.8: |
A Classification of Mathematical Models / 3.1.9: |
A Systems Typology in Integrated Disaster Management / 3.2: |
Systems View of Disaster Management / 3.2.2: |
Systems View of Disaster Management Activities / 3.2.3: |
Systems Formulation Examples / 3.3: |
Dynamics of Epidemics / 3.3.1: |
Shortest Supply Route / 3.3.2: |
Resources Allocation / 3.3.3: |
Introduction to Methods and Tools for a Systems Approach to Management of Disaster / 4: |
Simulation / 4.1: |
System Dynamics Simulation / 4.2: |
Optimization / 4.3: |
Multiobjective Analysis / 4.4: |
Disaster Risk Management / 4.5: |
Sources of Uncertainty / 4.5.1: |
Conceptual Risk Definitions / 4.5.2: |
Probabilistic Approach / 4.5.3: |
A Fuzzy Set Approach / 4.5.4: |
Computer Support: Decision Support Systems / 4.6: |
Implementation of Systems Analysis to Management of Disasters / III: |
Definitions / 5: |
System Structure and Patterns of Behavior / 5.2: |
System Dynamics Simulation Modeling Process / 5.3: |
Causal Loop Diagram / 5.3.1: |
Stock and Flow Diagram / 5.3.2: |
Generic Principles of System Dynamics Simulation Modeling / 5.3.3: |
Numerical Simulation / 5.3.4: |
Policy Design and Evaluation-Model Use / 5.3.5: |
System Dynamics Simulation Modeling Examples / 5.4: |
A Simple Flu Epidemic Model / 5.4.1: |
A More Complex Flu Epidemic Model with Recovery / 5.4.2: |
An Example of Disaster Management Simulation-Flood Evacuation Simulation Model / 5.5: |
Human Behavior During Disasters / 5.5.1: |
A System Dynamics Simulation Model / 5.5.3: |
Application of the Evacuation Model to the Analyses of Flood Emergency Procedures in the Red River Basin, Manitoba, Canada / 5.5.4: |
Linear Programming / 5.5.5: |
Formulation of Linear Optimization Models / 6.1.1: |
Algebraic Representations of Linear Optimization Models / 6.1.2: |
The Simplex Method for Solving Linear Programs / 6.2: |
Completeness of the Simplex Algorithm / 6.2.1: |
The Big M Method / 6.2.2: |
Duality in LP / 6.3: |
Sensitivity Analysis / 6.3.1: |
Special Types of LP Problems-Transportation Problem / 6.4: |
Formulation of the Transportation Problem / 6.4.1: |
Solution of the Transportation Problem / 6.4.2: |
Special Types of LP Problems-Network Problems / 6.5: |
The Shortest Path Problem / 6.5.1: |
The Minimum Spanning Tree Problem / 6.5.2: |
The Maximum Flow Problem / 6.5.3: |
An Example of Disaster Management Optimization-The Optimal Placement of Casualty Evacuation Assets / 6.6: |
The OPTEVAC Model / 6.6.1: |
A Casualty Evacuation Example / 6.6.3: |
Summary / 6.6.4: |
Toward Operational Framework for Multiobjective Analysis / 7: |
An Illustrative Example / 7.1.2: |
Multiobjective Analysis Methodology / 7.2: |
Change of Concept / 7.2.1: |
Nondominated Solutions / 7.2.2: |
Participation of Decision Makers / 7.2.3: |
Classification of Multiobjective Techniques / 7.2.4: |
Disaster Management Applications / 7.2.5: |
The Weighting Method / 7.3: |
The Compromise Programming Method / 7.4: |
Compromise Programming / 7.4.1: |
Some Practical Recommendations / 7.4.2: |
The COMPRO Computer Program / 7.4.3: |
An Example of Disaster Management Multiobjective Analysis-Selection of Flood Management Alternative / 7.5: |
Preparation of Input Data / 7.5.1: |
Solution of Flood Management Problem Using Compromise Programming / 7.5.2: |
Be Prepared / 7.5.3: |
A View Ahead / 8: |
Issues in Future Disaster Management / 8.1: |
Climate Change / 8.1.1: |
Population Growth and Migrations / 8.1.2: |
A Systems View / 8.2: |
Index |
List of Figures and Tables |
About the Author |
Foreword |