The Tohoku disasters: Chief lessons concerning the post disaster humanitarian logistics response and policy implications

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 86-104

  Holguín Veras, José ^a   Taniguchi, Eiichi ^b   Jaller, Miguel ^d   Aros Vera, Felipe ^a   Ferreira, Frederico ^b   Thompson, Russell G ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster fieldwork; Disaster policy; Humanitarian logistics; Tohoku disaster

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY;

FUTURE RESPONSE; GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKES; HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; POST DISASTERS; RELIEF EFFORTS; TOHOKU DISASTERS;

DISASTERS;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HUMANITARIAN AID; LOGISTICS; POLICY MAKING; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84907618137     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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