The convergence of materiel donations following disaster events is well documented in the
literature. This influx of goods is often dubbed a “second disaster” with non‐priority and …

Speed is a central value for emergency logistics stakeholders. Emergency response
literature makes a compelling case for rapid logistics processes to provide goods and …

Damage assessment determines the safe condition of houses and buildings that were
affected in a disaster. These elements must be inspected to determine if they can be …

The incidence of building collapse is one of the emergency events that requires urgent
attention due to the loss of lives that usually accompany its occurrence. The study aims at …

The convergence of material donations following disaster events is well documented in the
literature. This influx of goods is often dubbed a “second disaster” with non-priority and …

This chapter presents a longitudinal case study of change management within a
geographically distributed emergency logistics team at a large international humanitarian …

For reaching the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and sustainability,
disasters form a recurring threat. In disaster management, dominant vertical approaches of …

The BVL Working Groups are focusing on current topics of interests within logistics and bring
together practitioners as well as researchers to work out specific answers and solutions to …

Relief workers sometimes have to match two or more lists of persons (food aid recipients,
camp populations, missing persons, patients, etc.) or localities (villages of origin; populated …

Meaningful and relevant design of humanitarian technology must be informed by a deeper
understanding of information practices found within successful humanitarian field-work …