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469. Relief Goods Prepositioning and Affectee Relocation Model For Compound Flooding
Invited abstract in session MC-21: Disaster Response: Search and Rescue, Resource Allocation and Impactful Prepositioning, stream OR in Humanitarian Operations (HOpe).
Monday, 12:30-14:00Room: 49 (building: 116)
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Syed Tariq
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| Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln | |
| 2. | Muhammad Naiman Jalil
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| Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences | |
| 3. | Muhammad Adeel Zaffar
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| Lahore University of Management Sciences |
Abstract
Floods affect more people every year than any other natural disaster. Compound flooding is when multiple flooding events exacerbate the impact and duration of a flood. This paper studies relief logistics for compound flooding through the case of floods in Sindh province of Pakistan in 2010. The problem is treated as time-varying flows of relief goods from relief warehouses through periodic relief caravans to relief camps or storage close to them; and flows of affectees from shelter sites closest to them to more accessible shelter sites. This study concludes that relocation of affectees may be as cost effective as prepositioning of relief goods depending on optimal placement of relief warehouses. Factors that reduce logistics cost and improve demand fulfillment include prepositioning relief goods near shelters, frequent relief deliveries, and smaller storage modules that can reflect relief demand between caravan arrivals more closely.
Keywords
- Disaster and Crisis Management
- Network Design
- Humanitarian Applications
Status: accepted
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