Emergency Response Preparedness in the UK
Lead Research Organisation:
Aston University
Department Name: Aston Business School
Abstract
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Publications
Duncan Shaw (Editor)
(2010)
2010 InterCEPt conference : conference book
Nagarajan M
(2021)
A behavioural simulation study of allocating evacuees to public emergency shelters
in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Shaw D
(2020)
A structured methodology to peer review disaster risk reduction activities: The Viable System Review
in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Preece G
(2015)
Application of the Viable System Model to analyse communications structures: A case study of disaster response in Japan
in European Journal of Operational Research
Moreno J
(2019)
Community resilience to power outages after disaster: A case study of the 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami
in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Nagarajan M
(2012)
Disseminating a warning message to evacuate: A simulation study of the behaviour of neighbours
in European Journal of Operational Research
Nagarajan M
(2010)
Informal dissemination scenarios and the effectiveness of evacuation warning dissemination of households - A Simulation study
in Procedia Engineering
Bealt J
(2019)
Peer reviews for making cities resilient
in International Journal of Emergency Management
Boaden R
(2020)
Recovering from COVID-19: The key issues
in Journal of Safety Science and Resilience
Doan X
(2019)
Resource allocation when planning for simultaneous disasters
in European Journal of Operational Research
| Description | Chair of ISO TC223 WG6 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | The International Standards Organisation (ISO) and its member states elected me to chair a working group on Mass Evacuation and then another on Community Resilience (through the British Standards Institute). I led the writing of the standards based on research results. o Convenor of ISO Technical Committee 292, Working Group 5, Spontaneous volunteers. 2015 to present o Convenor of ISO Technical Committee 223, Working Group 6, Mass evacuation. 2012-2015 o Head of the UK Delegation to the: ? 14th Plenary Meeting of the ISO Committee TC223 2012 (Nairobi, Kenya) ? 15th Plenary Meeting of the ISO Committee TC223 2013 (Delft, Netherlands) ? 16th Plenary Meeting of the ISO Committee TC223 2014 (Cape Town, SA) o Committee Chairman. British Standards Institute (SSM/001/0-/08) Mass evacuation. 2012-present |
| Description | International Organization for Migrations (IOM), Geneva |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | International Organization for Migrations (IOM), Geneva, asked me to joint their steering committee to develop guidance for mass evacuations. IOM is a major humanitarian NGO operating globally in disasters. 2013-14. http://www.globalcccmcluster.org/tools-and-guidance/publications/mend-guide |
| URL | http://www.globalcccmcluster.org/system/files/publications/MEND_download.pdf |
| Description | International Standards Organization |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | This International Standard has been adopted by the UK (BS ISO 22315:2014), translated into Russian, formed a workshop in Kenya, adopted in Indonesia, converted by China into a report for the World Health Organization, and numerous other impacts. |
| URL | https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#!iso:std:50052:en |
| Description | DEFRA |
| Amount | £79,011 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FD2666 |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2013 |
| End | 08/2014 |
| Description | NIHR |
| Amount | £150,323 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2011 |
| End | 01/2012 |
| Description | EU funded Exchange of Experts |
| Organisation | Cabinet Office |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This project was instrumental in me being commissioned to develop a UK government proposal for the EU's Exchange of Experts Programme in Civil Protection on behalf of the Cabinet Office and DEFRA. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The application was successful and our five international exchanges have involved six core countries (predominantly using my international government contacts), concluding with me hosting the final meeting in Bonn at Germany's Federal Disaster Agency for Technical Relief (in 2014). During this exchange, and other interactions with stakeholders, we identified an opportunity for the UK to establish a policy for using spontaneous volunteers in its emergency response |
| Impact | European Commission Exchange of Experts: Coastal Flooding: Final Report United Kingdom: Duncan Shaw and David Powell Iceland: Sveinn Kristján Rúnarsson and Kjartan Thorkelsson France: Eric Peuch and Bruno Gervais Poland: Erwin Mazur and Pawel Karnas Germany: Holger Poser and Heiko Werner 24th-26th February 2014 Academy for Crisis Management, Ahrweiler, Germany |
| Start Year | 2012 |