Anouar Boukhars

The catastrophic impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the deadliest natural disasters in U.S history that claimed more than 1,300 lives, uprooted hundreds of thousands more and caused tens of billions in damage, made clear the inability of the government and private agencies at the local, state and federal levels to properly direct disaster-response teams and effectively prepare, mitigate, respond and recover in a timely and adequate manner from powerful natural disasters.   

In response to this pressing challenge, Wilberforce University has created the journal of Disaster Preparedness to help improve the ability of government, corporate, and not-for-profit organizations to mitigate, respond to, and recover from natural disasters.   

Disaster Preparedness seeks to publish the best thoughtful and authoritative prescriptions to many aspects of emergency management. Its intent is to provide a forum for the publication of innovative research and exchange of ideas by knowledgeable scholars, response personnel and other interested parties. Each issue of the journal provides insights on hazards mitigation, disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.   The journal supports research, education, and professional development in four areas:   1.  Environmental hazard management 2.  Disaster Psychology Preparedness 3.  Economics of Natural Disasters 4. Information Technology

Anouar Boukhars, Ph.D

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