Transcription of A Comprehensive Conceptual Model for Disaster Management
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A Comprehensive Conceptual Model for Disaster Management Sohail Asghar, Damminda Alahakoon and Leonid Churilov Clayton School of Information Technology, Monash University, Australia Existing Approaches to Disaster Management Kelly (1998), states that, there are four main reasons why a Disaster Model can be useful. These are as follows: 1. A Model can simplify complex events by helping to distinguish between critical elements. Its usefulness is more significant when responding to disasters with severe time constraints.
model overcomes the limitations of the traditional model which is sequential in nature. This approach acknowledges that disaster management is a discipline which consists of various activities and actions that occur simultaneously Kimberly (2003), defines mitigation, preparation, response and recovery as four phases of disaster management.
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