International Journal of Emergency Management  (IJEM)
ISSN (Online): 1741-5071  -  ISSN (Print): 1471-4825

Published in 4 issues per year  (View Subscription Price)

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   Objectives

The purpose of the IJEM is to provide a forum where researchers, planners, managers, response personnel and other interested parties can exchange knowledge and information on the use of innovative methods and technologies to improve the ability to avoid, mitigate, respond to, and recover from natural and technological disasters. IJEM has emerged from The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS).

   Readership

Professionals, academics, researchers and policy makers, planners and response personnel.

   Contents

Scholarly articles, case studies, novel practical techniques, review articles, educational concepts, summaries of technical reports, book reviews, and announcements (events, conferences, and positions). IJEM encourages the organisation of special issues devoted to important topics falling within the scope of the journal.

   Subject Coverage

• Current issues in emergency management
• Multidisciplinary approaches to address issues in emergency management
• Visualisation
• Simulation
• Optimisation
• Intelligent agents
• Cost-effectiveness
• The role of stakeholders
• Policy making
• Educational aspects
• Participative methods
• Conflict resolution
• Knowledge elicitation

   Specific Notes for Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submission of Papers web-page.

To submit a paper, please go to Submissions of Papers

AUTHORS MUST SUBMIT THEIR PAPERS THROUGH THE ON LINE SUBMISSION SYSTEM, OTHERWISE THEIR PAPERS WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION

All papers must be submitted online. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com, describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your email the title of the Journal.

   Editors and Members of the Editorial Board

Honorary Advisory Board

Dr. William A. Anderson
Senior Advisor
Hazard Management Unit
The World Bank
USA

Dr. Sandro Bologna
Director IT
Plant Management and Safety Section
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment
ITALY

Prof. Berndt Brehmer
Vice President
Swedish National Defence College
Valhallavägen 117
Box 27805
115 93 Stockholm
SWEDEN

Dr. John Clizbe
Vice President
Disaster Operations
American Red Cross
USA

Michail I. Faleev
Vice Minister
Civil Defence Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters
Ministry of Russian Federation
RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Prof. Ahmet Mete Isikara
Director
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute
Bogazici University
TURKEY

Georges Labroye
General Director
INERIS, French National Institute for Risk Studies
FRANCE

Ms. Annelore Roelofs
Director
Netherlands Institute of Fire Service and Disaster Management
NETHERLANDS

Dr. Konrad L. Zirm
Director IT
Federal Environmental Agency
AUSTRIA

Executive Editor

Dr. Jean-Luc Wybo
Mines PARISTECH (Ecole des Mines de Paris)
Centre de recherches sur les Risques et les Crises
P.O. Box 207 - Rue Claude Daunesse
06904 Sophia Antipolis Cedex
FRANCE
jean-luc.wybo@crc.ensmp.fr

Associate Editors

Dr. John R. Harrald
Inst. Crisis & Disaster Management
The George Washington University
Gelman Library
Room 637
Washington DC 20052
USA

Dr. Kathleen M. Kowalski-Trakofler
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
626 Cochrans Mill Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15236
USA

Editorial Board Members

Dr. Verner AndersenVe
Risø National Laboratory
System Analysis Department
DK 4000 Roskilde
DENMARK

Dr. Claudio BalducelliCl
E.N.E.A. Casaccia
Via Anguillarese 301
00060 Rome
ITALY

Prof. Giampiero E.G. BeroggiGi
Head MIS
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung (HWZ)
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Lagerstrasse 5
8021 Zurich
SWITZERLAND

Dr. Vladimir BritkovVl
Institute for Systems Analysis
Russian Academy of Sciences
9 prospect 60-let Octyabria
117312 Moscow
RUŠIAN FEDERATION

Dr. Ngai Weng ChanNg
Universiti Sains Malaysia
School of Humanities
Penarj 11800
MALAYSIA

Dr. Louise K. ComfortLo
University of Pittsburgh
121 University Place
Pittsburgh PA 15260
USA

Dr. Walter G. Green IIIWa
School of Continuing Studies
University of Richmond
VA 23173
USA

Prof. Minyi GuoMi
The University of Aizu
School of Computer Science and Engineering
Tsuruga, Ikki-machi
Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima 965-8580
JAPAN

Dr. Robert HeathRo
Crisis Corp Ltd.
Chesham House
150 Regent Street
London W1R 5FA
UK

Dr. Eleftherios T. IakovouEl
Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Miami
P.O. Box 248294
Coral Gables FL 33124
USA

Dr. Ulrich KleinUl
Fraunhofer-Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF
Sandtorstrasse 22
39106 Magdeburg
GERMANY

Dr. David MendonçaDa
CIS Department New Jersey Institute of Technology
4212 Information Technology Center
University Heights
Newark NJ 07102-1982
USA

Dr. Ross T. NewkirkRo
School of Planning
Faculty of Environmental Studies
University of Waterloo
Waterloo
Ontario N2L 5B1
CANADA

Dr. Arne NorlanderAr
Principal Scientist
Swedish Armed Forces
Hjortrongrand 1
SE-59019 Mantorp
SWEDEN

Suleyman TufekciSu
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
303 Weil Hall
University of Florida
Gainesville
FL 32611
USA

Prof. William A. WallaceWi
Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems
Low Center for Industrial Innovation
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy NY 12180
USA