more focus is on disaster and recovery efforts both nationally and internationally. Shelters can be defined as a displaced neighborhood of convenience, providing physical shelter as well as social and medical services. Traditionally vulnerable populations like children and the elderly along with those with chronic illness have the highest chance of using shelters post-disaster(Wisner, et. al, 2004, Enarson, 2010, Phillips and Fordham, 2010). Chronic illness is also prevalent in shelter populations with nearly one-half o
In every emergency event or disaster, there are two basic options for the public: evacuate or shelte...
This work investigates the role of proximities on helping the victims of global disasters. Examining...
Wachtendorf, TriciaThis research focuses on the experiences of people with disabilities (PWD) in dis...
Natural disasters are occurring frequently. Many organizations and government agencies work together...
Homelessness can decrease the disaster resilience of individuals and communities. This paper present...
Natural disasters such as tornadoes, wildfires, earthquakes, and hurricanes destroy our infrastructu...
Over the past two decades the number of recorded disasters has doubled from approximately 200 to ove...
AbstractDisaster relief (DR) shelters play a vital role in large-scale disasters and are an importan...
the human state in the aftermath of a crisis is at its most vulnerable. the goal of disaster relief ...
Washington State is at risk for a variety of natural hazard disasters. In the last 20 years alone, t...
Research in the US suggests that people experiencing homelessness are moreat risk during natural dis...
On any given night in the United States, approximately 650,000 individuals are without homes. The ra...
In hazard-prone developing countries, shelter interventions are an important way to prevent or mitig...
Although natural disasters may cause massive loss of human life and destruction of resources, they a...
These thoughts on poverty relate to the strengths and needs of shelter programs that lead people who...
In every emergency event or disaster, there are two basic options for the public: evacuate or shelte...
This work investigates the role of proximities on helping the victims of global disasters. Examining...
Wachtendorf, TriciaThis research focuses on the experiences of people with disabilities (PWD) in dis...
Natural disasters are occurring frequently. Many organizations and government agencies work together...
Homelessness can decrease the disaster resilience of individuals and communities. This paper present...
Natural disasters such as tornadoes, wildfires, earthquakes, and hurricanes destroy our infrastructu...
Over the past two decades the number of recorded disasters has doubled from approximately 200 to ove...
AbstractDisaster relief (DR) shelters play a vital role in large-scale disasters and are an importan...
the human state in the aftermath of a crisis is at its most vulnerable. the goal of disaster relief ...
Washington State is at risk for a variety of natural hazard disasters. In the last 20 years alone, t...
Research in the US suggests that people experiencing homelessness are moreat risk during natural dis...
On any given night in the United States, approximately 650,000 individuals are without homes. The ra...
In hazard-prone developing countries, shelter interventions are an important way to prevent or mitig...
Although natural disasters may cause massive loss of human life and destruction of resources, they a...
These thoughts on poverty relate to the strengths and needs of shelter programs that lead people who...
In every emergency event or disaster, there are two basic options for the public: evacuate or shelte...
This work investigates the role of proximities on helping the victims of global disasters. Examining...
Wachtendorf, TriciaThis research focuses on the experiences of people with disabilities (PWD) in dis...