A systematic review to establish a definition for natural disaster preparedness

Siriwardhana, S; Kulatunga, U; Fernando, TP

Abstract

Disaster Preparedness (DP) needs to be best viewed from a broad perspective in order to have a sound understanding
of its practices, its scope and its impact on the successful implementation of disaster management. However, the DP
concept has become more complex as time has progressed because there is no consensus within the literature as to its
definition. Therefore, with the aim of deriving a working definition for DP, which includes all the aspects of the
concept, a systematic review was carried out. The systematic review covered publications from 2015 to 2020 in order
to discover the different types of definitions for DP within the literature. The 34 identified definitions from the selected
articles have been analysed focusing on five definitional attributes called: concept of DP, aim of DP, stakeholders
related to DP, time frame with reference to the disaster, and key practices of DP. The final definition revealed that DP
has a close relationship with disaster mitigation, response and recovery, which provides the base for the successful
implementation of these phases. Therefore, the study suggests that the DP concept needs to be addressed thoroughly,
in order to have successful outcomes in overall disaster management.

Citation

Siriwardhana, S., Kulatunga, U., & Fernando, T. (2021). A systematic review to establish a definition for natural disaster preparedness

• Journal Article Type: Conference Paper
• Conference Name: 11th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
• Conference Location: Singapore
• End Date: Mar 11, 2021
• Publication Date: Mar 11, 2021
• Deposit Date: Oct 5, 2021
• Journal: Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
• Print ISSN: 2169-8767
• Pages: 5386-5397
• Book Title: Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
• ISBN: 9781792361241
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