Designing safe systems: Using system dynamics to understand complexity

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 82-88

  Gillespie, David F ^a   Robards, Karen Joseph ^b   Cho, Sungsook ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster relief; Disasters; Dynamic models; Emergency services; Feedback loops; Hazards

Indexed keywords

DISASTER RELIEF; DYNAMIC MODELS; EMERGENCY SERVICES; FEEDBACK LOOPS; SAFE SYSTEMS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK; HAZARDS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DISASTERS;

EID: 9144224430     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2004)5:2(82)     Document Type: Review

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