{"product_id":"logistics-of-disaster-relief-what-logistical-problems-can-arise-from-natural-disasters-and-how-can-they-be-overcome-von-rinke-kloppe","title":"Logistics of Disaster Relief","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 2,0, University of Örebro (Department of Business, Economics, Statistics \u0026amp; Informatics (ESI)), language: English, abstract: In regard to the text book ¿International Logistics¿ I have chosen the chapter ¿Logistics and famine relief¿ asking myself the question: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e¿What logistical problems can arise from natural disasters and how can they be overcome?¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, which has destroyed an entire landscape killing thousands of people and making even more homeless, I have developed my paper by introducing the different modes of transport that exist to support the logistics network in terms of disaster relief: plane, boat, rail, road, helicopters, rescue boats (hovercrafts, canoes and small boats). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePointing out the disadvantages and advantages of each mode I came to the conclusion that each of them serves special needs in certain situations so that all of them can be regarded as equal in their function.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConcerning financial factors, however, the appropriability differs: shipment is more expensive than rail transport, for example. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI also found out in which way the modes of transport can reach best the affected areas and how the distribution is organized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on this theoretical framework, I have switched to the question how the needs of people change after a natural disaster such as Katrina in the short and the long term. To put it in a nutshell, people long for basic provisions such as food and water in the short term but start to demand for luxury goods such as electricity again in the long term.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLast but not least I have focused in my analysis on special issues that are affected (interrupted, destroyed, etc.) by natural disasters: re-routing, supply chain and warehousing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640550470\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat logistical problems can arise from natural disasters and how can they be overcome?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640550470","offer_id":39441654612061,"sku":"9783640550470","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/7ea47ea7-18b9-436b-8db3-92bee8ff437c.jpg?v=1777696053","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/logistics-of-disaster-relief-what-logistical-problems-can-arise-from-natural-disasters-and-how-can-they-be-overcome-von-rinke-kloppe","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}