Assessing humanitarian supply chain operations in the aftermath of the Kermanshah earthquake

The main objective of this study is to consider how to benefit efficiently from the significant potential of humanitarian operations by individuals. For this purpose, this study aims to assess failure factors in humanitarian supply chain operations after the Kermanshah earthquake considering the rol...

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Autores: Hosseini, S.M. Amin, Mohammadi, Leila, Amirbaghery, Keivan, Fuente Antequera, Albert de la|||0000-0002-8016-1677
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/408523
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/408523
https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JHLSCM-01-2022-0001
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Humanitarian assistance
Humanitarian supply chain management
Humanitarian logistics
Humanitarian operations by individuals
Kermanshah earthquake
Ajuda humanitària
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions::Modelització de transports i logística
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Desenvolupament humà::Risc i vulnerabilitat
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Sumario:The main objective of this study is to consider how to benefit efficiently from the significant potential of humanitarian operations by individuals. For this purpose, this study aims to assess failure factors in humanitarian supply chain operations after the Kermanshah earthquake considering the role of all parties, focusing on individuals who did not wish to work with formal organisations on the whole. In the aftermath of the Kermanshah earthquake, which occurred on 12 November 2017, improvised groups of Iranian civilians from all over the country played an important role in humanitarian supply chain operations as individuals. Although most of these groups sincerely intended to help the affected society, victims could not benefit properly from these significant potential humanitarian actions. On the contrary, these potential actions caused some issues during humanitarian operations, such as blocking roads, inappropriate last-mile distribution, wasting resources and so on.