Relief supply chain management for disasters humanitarian aid and emergency logistics /

"This book furthers the scholarly understanding of SCM in disaster relief, particularly establishing the central role of logistics in averting and limiting unnecessary hardships"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Kovács, Gyöngyi, 1977-, Spens, Karen M., 1963-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011.
Subjects:
GIS
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245 0 0 |a Relief supply chain management for disasters  |b humanitarian aid and emergency logistics /  |c Gyöngyi Kovács and Karen M. Spens, editors.  |h [electronic resource] : 
260 # # |a Hershey, Pa. :  |b IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA),  |c c2011. 
300 # # |a electronic texts (224 p.) :  |b digital files. 
504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 # |a 1. Strategic partners and strange bedfellows: relationship building in the relief supply chain / Paul D. Larson -- 2. Humanitarian partnerships - drivers, facilitators, and components: the case of non-food item distribution in Sudan / Rolando M. Tomasini -- 3. Relief supply chain planning: insights from Thailand / Ruth Banomyong and Apichat Sodapang -- 4. Humanitarian aid logistics: the Wenchuan and Haiti earthquakes compared / Anthony Beresford and Stephen Pettit -- 5. The application of value chain analysis for the evaluation of alternative supply chain strategies for the provision of humanitarian aid to Africa / David H. Taylor -- 6. Designing post-disaster supply chains: learning from housing reconstruction projects / Gyöngyi Kovács, Aristides Matopoulos and Odran Hayes -- 7. Local sourcing in peacekeeping local sourcing in peacekeeping: a case study of Swedish military sourcing / Per Skoglund and Susanne Hertz -- 8. Military involvement in humanitarian supply chains / Elizabeth Barber -- 9. Challenges of civil military cooperation / coordination in humanitarian relief / Graham Heaslip -- 10. Developing and maintaining trust in hastily formed relief networks / Peter Tatham and Gyöngyi Kovács -- 11. A study of barriers to greening the relief supply chain / Joseph Sarkis, Karen M. Spens and Gyöngyi Kovács -- 12. Disaster impact and country logistics performance / Ira Haavisto. 
506 # # |a Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. 
520 3 # |a "This book furthers the scholarly understanding of SCM in disaster relief, particularly establishing the central role of logistics in averting and limiting unnecessary hardships"--Provided by publisher. 
530 # # |a Also available in print. 
538 # # |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
588 # # |a Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed July 18, 2011). 
650 # 0 |a Disaster relief. 
650 # 0 |a Humanitarian assistance. 
650 # 0 |a Logistics. 
653 # # |a Supply chain management 
653 # # |a Civil-military cooperation 
653 # # |a GIS 
653 # # |a Relief supply chains 
653 # # |a Postponement 
653 # # |a Speculation 
653 # # |a Relationship building 
653 # # |a Collaboration 
653 # # |a Cooperation 
653 # # |a Integration 
653 # # |a Swift trust 
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700 1 # |a Spens, Karen M.,  |d 1963- 
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