Title: Operational solutions to improve relief logistics management

Authors: Maryam Aliei; Mansoureh Hoorali

Addresses: Payam-e Noor University, Tehran, Iran ' Payam-e Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract: The Islamic Republic of Iran, with its climate, geography, socio-economic characteristics, and coordination of its military security policy context, is very much prone to natural and human-made disasters. International statistics available indicate that in the past 40 years, the country has undergone a great disaster, and suffered heavy personal injury and economic losses are huge. This paper has a brief review of the applications, container transport logistics, rescue and temporary accommodation trauma, and design studies and strategies implemented derived from this concept in rescue operations in the disaster, innovative development 'container rescue' as a solution for rescue of innovative offers. The relief container is a concept whose design is based on the application of changes in the forty-foot shipping container and has the ability to provide transportation, storage, residential and service functions in disaster communities.

Keywords: disaster; natural disasters; rescue housing; rescue logistics; transport container; rescue container.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2024.143387

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2024 Vol.49 No.4, pp.529 - 553

Received: 02 Jul 2021
Accepted: 02 May 2022
Published online: 17 Dec 2024 *

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