International Case Studies in the Management of Disasters

Babu George is Professor of International Business and Associate Dean in the School of Business, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, USA. He is the co-editor of The Changing Landscape of Global Businesses (2019), Strategies for Promoting Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism Services (2020), and Digital Transformation in Business and Society (2020).  Qamaruddin Mahar is Associate Professor of Management at Isra University, Pakistan. He coordinated the Collaborative Research Program between Ball State University, USA, and Isra University, funded by the U.S Department of State (2012-2015). He also served as a book and monograph reviewer for the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan during (2017-18).

• Introduction Babu George, Qamar-u-din MaharChapter 1. Analyzing Site Security Design Principles In A Built Environment And Implications For Disaster Preparedness: The Case Of Istanbuk Sultanahmet Square, Turkey Ali Akbulut, Gökçen Firdevs and Yücel CaymazChapter 2. Local Knowledge in Russian Flood-Prone Communities: A Case Study on Living with the Treacherous Waters Kseniia Puzyreva and Nikita BasovChapter 3.Financial Implications of Natural Disasters: A Case Study ofFloods in Pakistan Vivake Anand, Kinza Yousfani and Dr. Jianhua ZhangChapter 4. Micro-Case Studies on Managing Tourism Destinations in the Aftermath of Disasters Frank Haas, Jerome Agrusa and Joseph LemaChapter 5. Comparing the Experiences of African States in Managing Ebola Outbreaks from 2014 into 202 Peter Mameli and Darryl BobbChapter 6. Kerala Nipah Virus Outbreak 2018: The need for Global Surveillance of Zoonotic Diseases Smarty P. Mukundan, Ananthi Rajayya and Zakkariya K. A.Chapter 7. Managing Visiting Scholars Program during the COVID-19 Pandemic Miguel Cordova, Karla Maria Nava-Aguirre and Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-PerezChapter 8. Managing E-commerce During A Pandemic: Lessons from GrubHub during COVID-19 Anil Yasin ArChapter 9. The Role of Communications in Managing a Disaster: The Case of Covid-19 in Vietnam Lena BucatariuChapter 10. Passage from the Tourist-gaze to the Wicked-gaze: A Case Study on COVID-19 with Special Reference to Argentina Maximiliano E KorstanjeChapter 11. COVID-19 outbreak in Finland: Case study on the management of pandemics Sajal Kabirajm and Filip LestanChapter 12. The COVID-19 Crisis Management in The Republic of Korea Sahrok Kim, K. Praveen Parboteeah and John B. CullenChapter 14. Empowering Patients through Social Media and Implications for Crisis Management: The Case of the Gulf Cooperation Council Manoj Menon and Babu GeorgeChapter 15. Technology in Medicine: COVID-19 and the 'Coming of Age' of Telehealth Babu George and LenaBucatariu