Dynamics of Disasters—Key Concepts, Models, Algorithms, and Insights

1. An Assessment of the Impact of Natural and Technological Disasters Using a DEA Approach
Fuad Aleskerov, Sergey Demin

2. Selective Routing for Post-disaster Needs Assessments
Burcu Balcik

3. Bridging the Gap
Rasmus Dahlberg

4. Multi-Hazard Scenarios and Impact Mapping for a Protected Built Area in Bucharest, as a Base for Emergency Planning
Emil-Sever Georgescu, Cristina Olga Gociman, Iolanda-Gabriela Craifaleanu, Mihaela Stela Georgescu, Cristian Iosif Moscu, Claudiu Sorin Dragomir, Daniela Dobre

5. Lean Thinking and UN Field Operations: A Successful Co-existence?
Sulejman Halilagic, Dimitris Folinas

6. Collaborative Incident Planning and the Common Operational Picture
Georgios Marios Karagiannis, Costas E. Synolakis

7. Metaheuristic Optimization for Logistics in Natural Disasters
Thomai Korkou, Dimitris Souravlias, Konstantinos Parsopoulos, Konstantina Skouri

8. Tsunami of the Meteoric Origin
Andrey Kozelkov, Efim Pelinovsky

9. The Donation Collections Routing Problem
Emmett J. Lodree, Derek Carter, Emily Barbee

10. Network Criticality and Network Complexity Indicators for the Assessment of Critical Infrastructures During Disasters
Evangelos Mitsakis, Josep Maria Salanova, Iraklis Stamos, Emmanouil Chaniotakis

11. Freight Service Provision for Disaster Relief: A Competitive Network Model with Computations
Anna Nagurney

12. A Mean-Variance Disaster Relief Supply Chain Network Model for Risk Reduction with Stochastic Link Costs, Time Targets, and Demand Uncertainty
Anna Nagurney, Ladimer S. Nagurney

13. A Review of Current Earthquake and Fire Preparedness Campaigns: What Works?
Gabriela Perez-Fuentes, Enrica Verrucci, Helene Joffe

14. The Impact of the Syria Crisis on Lebanon
Denise Sumpf, Vladimir Isaila, Kristine Najjar

15. Absenteeism Impact on Local Economy During a Pandemic via Hybrid SIR Dynamics
E. W. Thommes, M. G. Cojocaru, Safia Athar

16. Tornado Detection with Kernel-Based Classifiers from WSR-88D Radar Data
Theodore B. Trafalis, Budi Santosa, Michael B. Richman

17. Evacuation Modeling and Betweenness Centrality
Chrysafis Vogiatzis, Panos M. Pardalos

18. Ode to the Humanitarian Logistician: Humanistic Logistics Through a Nurse’s Eye
Deborah Wilson

Keywords: Mathematics, Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics, Operation Research/Decision Theory, Emergency Services, Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences, Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory, Operations Research, Management Science