Humanitarian Logistics: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing for and Responding to Disasters and Complex Emergencies, 4th Edition
- 5h 43m
- Graham Heaslip, Peter Tatham
- Kogan Page
- 2022
SIn rapidly developing emergencies, it is vital for aid agencies to understand how to establish an agile supply chain that resists the chaos of a crisis and can cater to unknown needs.
Now in its fourth edition, Humanitarian Logistics presents chapters from a wide range of academics and practitioners and offers cutting edge research into how complex problems such as distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine and provision of relief to victims of natural disasters can be solved. New chapters cover topics such as cash-based humanitarian logistics (HL) systems, sustainability in a HL context and providing logistics services for humanitarian relief.
In recent years, a number of global crises have highlighted the critical role that logistics plays in humanitarian response. There is a vital need to understand how to conduct operations in confused and swiftly changing environments. This book is essential reading for anyone who needs to understand how to effectively manage supply networks during a rapidly developing emergency.
About the Author
Professor Peter Tatham is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and the International Journal of Physical Logistics and Supply Chain Management. He was Professor of Humanitarian Logistics at Griffith University, Australia, and he remains a leading international researcher in the field of humanitarian logistics.
Professor Graham Heaslip is Professor of Logistics Engineering and Head of School of Engineering at Atlantic Technological University, Galway, Ireland. He is a board member of the Humanitarian Logistics Institute (HUMLOG) based at Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland and is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and the International Journal of Physical Logistics and Supply Chain Management. His work in the field of logistics and supply chain management has gained international recognition, including the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.
In this Book
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Introduction
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Impacts of Funding Systems on Humanitarian Operations
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Supplier Relationships in Humanitarian Organizations
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Providing Logistics Services for Humanitarian Relief
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Risky Business Revisited—Disasters within Disasters
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The Journey from a Patchy to a Comprehensive Supply Chain in UNHCR (2005–2015)
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Humanitarian Supply Chain Service Performance
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Network Design for Pre-Positioning Emergency Relief Items
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Competing for Scarce Resources During Emergencies—A System Dynamics Perspective
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Preparing for Cash and Voucher Assistance—Developing Capabilities and Building Capacities
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Pandemic Response and Humanitarian Logistics
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Helping People and Planet—Making the Humanitarian Supply Chain More Sustainable
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What Next for Humanitarian Logistics?
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The Way Forward—Current Trends in Humanitarian Logistics
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Annex 1: Operational assessment
