Dynamics of Disasters—Key Concepts, Models, Algorithms, and Insights

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. An Assessment of the Impact of Natural and Technological Disasters Using a DEA Approach

   • Fuad Aleskerov, Sergey Demin

   Pages 1-14

3. Selective Routing for Post-disaster Needs Assessments

   • Burcu Balcik

   Pages 15-36

4. Bridging the Gap

   • Rasmus Dahlberg

   Pages 37-56

5. Multi-Hazard Scenarios and Impact Mapping for a Protected Built Area in Bucharest, as a Base for Emergency Planning

   • Emil-Sever Georgescu, Cristina Olga Gociman, Iolanda-Gabriela Craifaleanu, Mihaela Stela Georgescu, Cristian Iosif Moscu, Claudiu Sorin Dragomir et al.

   Pages 57-70

6. Lean Thinking and UN Field Operations: A Successful Co-existence?

   • Sulejman Halilagic, Dimitris Folinas

   Pages 71-89

7. Collaborative Incident Planning and the Common Operational Picture

   • Georgios Marios Karagiannis, Costas E. Synolakis

   Pages 91-112

8. Metaheuristic Optimization for Logistics in Natural Disasters

   • Thomai Korkou, Dimitris Souravlias, Konstantinos Parsopoulos, Konstantina Skouri

   Pages 113-134

9. Tsunami of the Meteoric Origin

   • Andrey Kozelkov, Efim Pelinovsky

   Pages 135-157

10. The Donation Collections Routing Problem

    • Emmett J. Lodree, Derek Carter, Emily Barbee

    Pages 159-189

11. Network Criticality and Network Complexity Indicators for the Assessment of Critical Infrastructures During Disasters

    • Evangelos Mitsakis, Josep Maria Salanova, Iraklis Stamos, Emmanouil Chaniotakis

    Pages 191-205

12. Freight Service Provision for Disaster Relief: A Competitive Network Model with Computations

    • Anna Nagurney

    Pages 207-229

13. A Mean-Variance Disaster Relief Supply Chain Network Model for Risk Reduction with Stochastic Link Costs, Time Targets, and Demand Uncertainty

    • Anna Nagurney, Ladimer S. Nagurney

    Pages 231-255

14. A Review of Current Earthquake and Fire Preparedness Campaigns: What Works?

    • Gabriela Perez-Fuentes, Enrica Verrucci, Helene Joffe

    Pages 257-267

15. The Impact of the Syria Crisis on Lebanon

    • Denise Sumpf, Vladimir Isaila, Kristine Najjar

    Pages 269-308

16. Absenteeism Impact on Local Economy During a Pandemic via Hybrid SIR Dynamics

    • E. W. Thommes, M. G. Cojocaru, Safia Athar

    Pages 309-328

17. Tornado Detection with Kernel-Based Classifiers from WSR-88D Radar Data

    • Theodore B. Trafalis, Budi Santosa, Michael B. Richman

    Pages 329-344

18. Evacuation Modeling and Betweenness Centrality

    • Chrysafis Vogiatzis, Panos M. Pardalos

    Pages 345-359

19. Ode to the Humanitarian Logistician: Humanistic Logistics Through a Nurse’s Eye

    • Deborah Wilson

    Pages 361-369

This volume results from the “Second International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters” held in Kalamata, Greece, June 29-July 2, 2015. The conference covered particular topics involved in natural and man-made disasters such as war, chemical spills, and wildfires. Papers in this volume examine the finer points of disasters through:

• Critical infrastructure protection
  
• Resiliency
  
• Humanitarian logistic
  
• Relief supply chains
  
• Cooperative game theory
  
• Dynamical systems
  
• Decision making under risk and uncertainty
  
• Spread of diseases
  
• Contagion
  
• Funding for disaster relief
  
• Tools for emergency preparedness
  
• Response, and risk mitigation

Multi-disciplinary theories, tools, techniques and methodologies are linked with disasters from mitigation and preparedness to response and recovery. The interdisciplinary approach to problems in economics, optimization, government, management, business, humanities, engineering, medicine, mathematics, computer science, behavioral studies, emergency services, and environmental studies will engage readers from a wide variety of fields and backgrounds.

• cooperative game theory
• decision making under risk and uncertainty
• disasters and response
• dynamical systems
• modeling of disasters

• Department of Physics and Computer Science, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

  Ilias S. Kotsireas

• Department of Operations and Information Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

  Anna Nagurney

• Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

  Panos M. Pardalos

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