Systems approach to management of disasters : methods and applications /

The main goal of this text is to introduce the systems approach to disasters management community as an alternative approach that can provide support for interdisciplinary activities involved in the management of disasters. The systems approach draws on the fields of operations research and economic...

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Main Author: Simonović, Slobodan P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2011
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Color Plates
  • Management of Disasters. Introduction
  • Integrated Disaster Management
  • Systems Analysis for Integrated Management of Disasters. Systems Thinking and Integrated Disaster Management
  • Introduction to Methods and Tools for a Systems Approach to Management of Disaster
  • Implementation of Systems Analysis to Management of Disasters. Simulation
  • Optimization
  • Multiobjective Analysis
  • Be Prepared. A View Ahead
  • Index.
  • Integrated disaster management
  • Systems thinking and integrated disaster management
  • Introduction to methods and tools for a systems approach to management of disasters
  • Simulation
  • Optimization
  • Multi-objective analysis
  • A view ahead.