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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

18. Humanitarian Logistics: Advanced Purchasing and Pre-Positioning of Relief Items

Authors : Serhan Duran, Özlem Ergun, Pınar Keskinocak, Julie L. Swann

Published in: Handbook of Global Logistics

Publisher: Springer New York

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Abstract

Unfortunately, the world has experienced frequent disasters as well as mega-disasters in the last decade. The challenges faced during the relief efforts to those disasters called for improvements in the area of humanitarian logistics. In this chapter, first we present introductory knowledge on disaster management and humanitarian logistics. The complexities and inefficiencies in the current relief response practice are indicated. To improve the disaster response, we investigate the options of advance purchasing and pre-positioning of the relief items through applied projects performed for different humanitarian organizations.

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Metadata
Title
Humanitarian Logistics: Advanced Purchasing and Pre-Positioning of Relief Items
Authors
Serhan Duran
Özlem Ergun
Pınar Keskinocak
Julie L. Swann
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
Handbook of Global Logistics

Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-6131-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4419-6132-7

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6132-7_18

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