Disaster preparedness in universities

Although the awareness of disasters has increased among some parts of society, the concept of disaster preparedness and response has not been sufficiently explored in universities. The aim of this paper is to assess the perceptions of students and staff regarding disaster prepare...

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Main Authors:	Jaradat, Ahmad, Mziu, Hadjar, Ibrahim, Jamaludin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IJCTT Journal 2015
Subjects:	TA495 Disasters and engineering
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spelling	iium-454042015-10-27T08:21:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45404/ Disaster preparedness in universities Jaradat, Ahmad Mziu, Hadjar Ibrahim, Jamaludin TA495 Disasters and engineering Although the awareness of disasters has increased among some parts of society, the concept of disaster preparedness and response has not been sufficiently explored in universities. The aim of this paper is to assess the perceptions of students and staff regarding disaster preparedness as well as to examine whether universities are prepared for disasters or not. In addition, this article provides a brief overview of major disasters that happened to universities in the past years in order to analyse the implications of disasters to universities. Furthermore, the stakeholders involved in disaster management are mentioned here followed by a general plan and recommendations for universities to be considered in their roles toward building a resistant university. IJCTT Journal 2015-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45404/1/2015-1-Disaster_Preparedness_in_Universities-ijcttjournal.pdf Jaradat, Ahmad and Mziu, Hadjar and Ibrahim, Jamaludin (2015) Disaster preparedness in universities. International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT), 19 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2231-2803 (P) 2349-0829 (O) http://www.ijcttjournal.org/Volume19/number-1/IJCTT-V19P101.pdf
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description	Although the awareness of disasters has increased among some parts of society, the concept of disaster preparedness and response has not been sufficiently explored in universities. The aim of this paper is to assess the perceptions of students and staff regarding disaster preparedness as well as to examine whether universities are prepared for disasters or not. In addition, this article provides a brief overview of major disasters that happened to universities in the past years in order to analyse the implications of disasters to universities. Furthermore, the stakeholders involved in disaster management are mentioned here followed by a general plan and recommendations for universities to be considered in their roles toward building a resistant university.
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author	Jaradat, Ahmad Mziu, Hadjar Ibrahim, Jamaludin
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title	Disaster preparedness in universities
title_short	Disaster preparedness in universities
title_full	Disaster preparedness in universities
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title_full_unstemmed	Disaster preparedness in universities
title_sort	disaster preparedness in universities
publisher	IJCTT Journal
publishDate	2015
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