International Journal of Disaster Risk Management
International Journal of Disaster Risk Management

International Journal of Disaster Risk Management (IJDRM) is a  double-blind peer-reviewed (twice a year), open-access journal that serves all aspects of disaster studies, policy, and management. It provides a  platform for academics, policymakers, and practitioners to publish high-quality research and practice concerning natural disasters, anthropogenic disasters, complex political emergencies, and crises around the world. The journal crosses and affects interdisciplinary boundaries to promote communication, collaboration, and teamwork between professions and disciplines to avoid (prevention) or to limit (mitigation and preparedness) the adverse impacts of hazards, within the broad context of sustainable development. The journal encourages the interchange of ideas and experience, to decrease the risk of disasters and build community resilience within the context of sustainable development and planetary boundaries.

Submission of the articles doesn't involve article processing charges (APCs) neither submission charges.

The journal crosses and affects interdisciplinary boundaries to promote communication, collaboration, and teamwork between professions and disciplines to avoid (prevention) or to limit (mitigation and preparedness) the adverse impacts of hazards, within the broad context of sustainable development. The journal encourages the interchange of ideas and experience, to decrease the risk of disasters and build community resilience within the context of sustainable development and planetary boundaries.

This is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. 

Keywords
Disasters,  disaster risk management, natural disaster, technological disaster, emergency situations, crisis management, theory and practice, mitigation, preparedness, hazards, policy, natural, complex, emergencies, political, aid, relief, developing, humanitarian, field, reports, refugee, journal, research, analysis, review.

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Dr Vladimir M. Cvetković, vladimirkpa@gmail.com; vmc@fb.bg.ac.rs

University of Belgrade, Faculty of Security Studies, Gospodara Vučića 50, Belgrade, Serbia

President of Scientific-Professional Society for Disaster Risk Management, Belgrade 

Director of the International Institute for Disaster Research, Belgrade 

Personal Website - link   

Published scientific papers - Research gate; Academia.edu 

Researcher identification code - ORCID   

Citations - Google Scholar citations

 Email: ijodrm@gmail.com

International editorial board
Professor Rajib Shaw, PhD
Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus
(SFC), Japan.

Professor Kevin Ronan, PhD
Clinical Psychology School of Health, Medical, and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity,
Rockhampton, Australia, k.ronan@cqu.edu.au.

Professor & Director, Naim Kapucu, PhD
School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, 4364 Scorpius Street,
USA

Full professor Eric Noji, MD, MPH, DTM&H(Lon), PhD
Distinguished University Professor and Senior Consultant in Emergency Medicine,
King Saud University Hospitals and College of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA.

Full Professor Igor Khripunov, PhD, 

Nonresident Fellow at Stimson Center, USA.

Damon P. Coppola,
Disaster Management Specialist, Pacific Disaster Center, and Principal, Shoreline
Risk, Hawaii, USA.

Prof. Dr. Eng. Alexandru Ozunu, PhD
Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, “Babeş-Bolyai” University,
Romania.

Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrov, PhD
Head of National and Regional Security Department, Dean of Faculty
‘Economics of Infrastructure’ at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE),
Sofia, Bulgaria.

Assoc. Prof. Rositsa Velichkova, PhD
Department of Hydroaerodynamics and Hydraulic Machines, Technical University of
Sofia, 1000 Sofia, 8 Kl. Ohridski Ave, Bulgaria.

Full Prof. Miroslav Vesković, PhD
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Inter-institutional, International Relations
and Outreach, Brussels/Belgium.

Assoc. Prof. Rita Mano, PhD
Department of Human Services, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31995,
Israel.

Assoc. Prof. Igal M. Shohet, PhD
The Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Structural Engineering, Beersheba,
Israel.

Assist. Prof. Blaz Komac, PhD
Head of the Department of Natural Hazards, Anton Melik Geographical Institute
ZRC SAZU, Slovenia.

Prof. Caroline Brassard, PhD
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.

Prof. Lamiaa A Fiala, Mbbch, MPH, DrPH, MSc.Edu, PhD
Public Health & Preventive Medicine Community Medicine Dept. Faculty of Medicine,
Suez Canal University Ismailia, Egypt.

Rita Mano, PhD
University of Haifa, Department of Human Services.

 Giulia Roder, PhD
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova,
Agripolis, viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.

Assoc. Prof. Adem Ocal, PhD
Independent researcher, Ankara, 06500, Turkey, ocadem@gmail.com.

Assoc. Prof. Aleksandar Ivanov, PhD
Faculty of Security-Skopje, University of Bitola , Macedonia.

Juel RanaKutub
Faujdarhat Cadet College Faujdarhat, Sitakundu, Chittagong 4616, Bangladesh.

Full Prof. Slavoljub Dragićević, PhD
University of Belgrade Faculty of Geography, Studentski Trg 3/III, 11000 Belgrade,
Serbia sasa@gef.bg.ac.rs.

Full Prof. Srđan Milašinović, PhD
University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies, Belgrade, Cara Dušana 196,
Belgrade, Serbia.

Full prof. Sergey Alekseevich Kachanov, PhD

Deputy Director of the Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center,  Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, laureate of the Russian Government Prize in Science,
Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

Full Prof. Želimir Kešetović, PhD
Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Gospodara Vucica 50, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia

Full Prof. Srđan Milašinović, PhD
University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies, Belgrade, Cara Dušana 196, Belgrade, Serbia

Full Prof. Velibor Spalević
Biotechnical Faculty, University of Montenegro, Mihaila Lalića 15, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

Assoc. Prof. Bojan Janković, PhD
University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies, Belgrade, Cara Dušana 196, Belgrade, Serbia

Assoc. Prof. Tin Lukić
Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Full. Prof. Slobodan Marković
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Kneza Mihaila 35, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Professor Harald Raupenstrauch, Safety and Disaster Studies, Chair of Thermal Processing
Technology, Department of Environmental and Energy Process Engineering, Montanuniversitaet
Leoben, Austria.

Senior Scientist, Doctor Renate Renner, Safety and Disaster Studies, Chair of Thermal Processing
Technology, Department of Environmental and Energy Process Engineering, Montanuniversitaet
Leoben, Austria.

Editorial secretary
Vanja Šišović, Scientific-Professional Society for Disaster Risk Management, Belgrade.

English Language Editor and Proof-Reader
Petar Marković

About the Journal
 EditEdit About the JournalInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Management (IJDRM) is a double-blind peer-reviewed (twice a year), open-access, international journal, that serves all aspects of disaster studies, policy, and management. It provides a platform for academics, policymakers, and practitioners to publish high-quality research and practice concerning natural disasters and hazards (earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, tsunamis, cyclones, wildfires, pandemics, etc.), man-made (anthropogenic) disasters (civil disorder, terrorism, war, biological/chemical threat, cyber-attacks, hazardous materials, industrial accidents, technological failures, etc), complex political emergencies, and global crises.

The publisher is the Scientific-Professional Society for Disaster Risk Management, Belgrade, Serbia - link. The founder of the journal is Assoc. Prof. Vladimir M. Cvetković from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Security Studies - link

ISSN (printed edition) 2620-2662, ISSN (electronic edition) 2620-2786, UDC: 614.8.069

Journal Abbreviation - Int. J. Disaster Risk Manag.

Brochure about International Journal of Disaster Risk Management - link, and Booklet about International Journal of Disaster Risk Management - link.

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Submission of the articles doesn't involve article processing charges (APCs) or submission charges.

The journal crosses and affects interdisciplinary boundaries to promote communication, collaboration, and teamwork between professions and disciplines to avoid (prevention) or to limit (mitigation and preparedness) the adverse impacts of hazards, within the broad context of sustainable development. The journal encourages the interchange of ideas and experiences, to decrease the risk of disasters and build community resilience within the context of sustainable development and planetary boundaries.

This is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. 

Authors are kindly invited to submit their formatted full papers. All paper submissions will be blind peer-reviewed and evaluated based on originality, research content, correctness, relevance to conference, and readability (reviewer form). Please read the complete submission and formatting guidelines before submitting your paper.

You can submit your paper through the following - http://internationaljournalofdisasterriskmanagement.com/index.php/Vol1/about/submissions

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