How prepared is prepared enough

Bibliographic Data

ID4918959
AuthorsRuben B Jongejan, Ruben Jongejan (0000-0003-3578-2666, Delft University of Technology), Ira Helsloot (0000-0002-6019-3401), Ralf Josef Johanna Beerens (0000-0002-4387-3595, Nederlands Instituut Publieke Veiligheid), Jan K Vrijling (Delft University of Technology)
Year2011
Volume35
Issue1
Pages130-142
Publication date2011-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisasters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01196.x
PMID20735462
OpenAlexW2154426040
LanguageEN
References cited14

Decisions about disaster preparedness are rarely informed by cost-benefit analyses. This paper presents an economic model to address the thorny question, 'how prepared is prepared enough?' Difficulties related to the use of cost-benefit analysis in the field of disaster management concern the tension between the large number of high-probability events that can be handled by a single emergency response unit and the small number of low-probability events that must be handled by a large number of them. A further special feature of disaster management concerns the opportunity for cooperation between different emergency response units. To account for these issues, we introduce a portfolio approach. Our analysis shows that it would be useful to define disaster preparedness not in terms of capacities, but in terms of the frequency with which response capacity is expected to fall short

Forensic engineering · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Transport engineering · Agricultural risk and resilience · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Insurance and Financial Risk Management · Medicine

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