Title: Key focus areas in emergency relief: a conceptual framework aligned with triple bottom line

Authors: Yamini Meduri; Fakruddin Ali Ahmed

Addresses: Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management, KL University, Vignana Jyothi Nagar, Bachupally, Kukatpally (via), Hyderabad 500 090, Telangana, India ' KLUBS, KL University, Green fields, Vaddeswaram, Guntur Dist., Andhra Pradesh, 522502, India

Abstract: For all the hazardous acts of the nature, it is the people who suffer the sudden onset of disasters. The vulnerability of profile of these communities is increasing with increase in time. As the world moves towards a tomorrow that is more disaster prone, it is essential to understand how to face it. However, at the advent of a disaster it is the humanitarian logistics organisation that comes into full action along with the other actors of disaster management. An increasing number of disaster relief organisations are required to report the social, economic and ecological aspects of their operations. Hence, the current study proposes a framework bringing together key focus areas for humanitarian organisations in-line with sustainability using triple bottom line.

Keywords: humanitarian logistics; TBL; triple bottom line; sustainability; disaster management; emergency management; key focus areas; emergency relief; social sustainability; economic sustainability; ecological sustainability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEM.2016.079845

International Journal of Emergency Management, 2016 Vol.12 No.4, pp.392 - 402

Received: 12 Sep 2015
Accepted: 25 Jan 2016
Published online: 18 Oct 2016 *

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