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Emergency management
Safety Science 35 (2000) 1±2
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Preface
Emergency management
The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) was founded in 1993 as a non-pro®t organization. The purpose of TIEMS is to bring together users, planners, researchers, managers, response personnel and other interested parties to exchange 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. The society was re-organized in 1996, to recognize the important role of practitioners, social scientists, and managers in the development of such methods and technologies. The sixth TIEMS conference was held in Delft, Netherlands. The theme of TIEMS '99 was ``De®ning the Agenda for the Third Millennium''. The 65 contributions at TIEMS '99 came from the following countries: USA (12), Netherlands (10), Russia (7), Australia (4), Canada (4), Italy (4), Germany (3), Greece (3), United Kingdom (3), Switzerland (3), Norway (2), Spain (2), Sweden (2), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Kenya (1), Korea (1), and Ukraine (1). Of the 65 contributions, 28 were from academia, 15 from government research institutions, 12 from industry, six from non-pro®t organizations, and three from government agencies. The 65 contributions were assigned to the following issues: complex systems (12), decision support systems (11), transportation (10), policy making (10), natural disasters (9), new hazards (8), industrial hazards (3), and command and control (3). Previous TIEMS conferences have been held in Hollywood Beach, Florida; Nice, France; Montreal, Canada; Copenhagen, Denmark; and in Washington DC. TIEMS 2000 will be held in Orlando, Florida. More information on TIEMS can be obtained at: http://www.tiems.org. Papers presented at TIEMS conferences are published in Conference Proceedings and selected papers are used as the basis for special issues by leading academic journals. The aim of this special edition is to re¯ect the interdisciplinary nature of TIEMS and its focus on the use of information and communications technologies in emergency management. The 13 papers included in this special issue re¯ect also the current issues in emergency management, and the approaches taken to address these issues by the members of TIEMS. Technical issues include visualization, simulation, optimization, intelligent agents, while societal issues address cost-eectiveness, the role of stakeholders, policy making, educational aspects, participative methods, con¯ict resolution, and knowledge elicitation. 0925-7535/00/$ - see front matter # 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. PII: S0925-7535(00)00018-7
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Special thanks go to those who contributed to this special edition, to the many dedicated individuals who put a lot of eort into this young and rapidly growing society, to the organizers of TIEMS 99, and to Safety Science for promoting emergency management as a global concern for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. G.E.G. Beroggi Delft University of Technology, School of Technology, Policy and Management PO box 5015, 2600 GA Delft, Netherlands E-mail address: [email protected]
www.elsevier.com/locate/ssci
Preface
Emergency management
The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) was founded in 1993 as a non-pro®t organization. The purpose of TIEMS is to bring together users, planners, researchers, managers, response personnel and other interested parties to exchange 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. The society was re-organized in 1996, to recognize the important role of practitioners, social scientists, and managers in the development of such methods and technologies. The sixth TIEMS conference was held in Delft, Netherlands. The theme of TIEMS '99 was ``De®ning the Agenda for the Third Millennium''. The 65 contributions at TIEMS '99 came from the following countries: USA (12), Netherlands (10), Russia (7), Australia (4), Canada (4), Italy (4), Germany (3), Greece (3), United Kingdom (3), Switzerland (3), Norway (2), Spain (2), Sweden (2), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Kenya (1), Korea (1), and Ukraine (1). Of the 65 contributions, 28 were from academia, 15 from government research institutions, 12 from industry, six from non-pro®t organizations, and three from government agencies. The 65 contributions were assigned to the following issues: complex systems (12), decision support systems (11), transportation (10), policy making (10), natural disasters (9), new hazards (8), industrial hazards (3), and command and control (3). Previous TIEMS conferences have been held in Hollywood Beach, Florida; Nice, France; Montreal, Canada; Copenhagen, Denmark; and in Washington DC. TIEMS 2000 will be held in Orlando, Florida. More information on TIEMS can be obtained at: http://www.tiems.org. Papers presented at TIEMS conferences are published in Conference Proceedings and selected papers are used as the basis for special issues by leading academic journals. The aim of this special edition is to re¯ect the interdisciplinary nature of TIEMS and its focus on the use of information and communications technologies in emergency management. The 13 papers included in this special issue re¯ect also the current issues in emergency management, and the approaches taken to address these issues by the members of TIEMS. Technical issues include visualization, simulation, optimization, intelligent agents, while societal issues address cost-eectiveness, the role of stakeholders, policy making, educational aspects, participative methods, con¯ict resolution, and knowledge elicitation. 0925-7535/00/$ - see front matter # 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. PII: S0925-7535(00)00018-7
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Special thanks go to those who contributed to this special edition, to the many dedicated individuals who put a lot of eort into this young and rapidly growing society, to the organizers of TIEMS 99, and to Safety Science for promoting emergency management as a global concern for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. G.E.G. Beroggi Delft University of Technology, School of Technology, Policy and Management PO box 5015, 2600 GA Delft, Netherlands E-mail address: [email protected]