Humanitarian Logistics: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing for and Responding to Disasters

A range of recent disasters have demonstrated the critical role of effective logistics in disaster preparation and response in both developing and developed countries.

Humanitarian Logistics provides thought provoking guidance and discussion of the core issues facing those who are involved in managing the logistics of disaster relief. Peter Tatham and Martin Christopher have assembled a broad ranging collection of thoughts, ideas, concepts and approaches contributed by both practitioners and academics that, together, provide an overview of some of the core challenges facing today's humanitarian logistician. With insights from world leading experts in the field, this multi-contributed book provides guidance for best practice and offers potential solutions for effective response in this crucial area.

Each chapter of the 2nd edition has been updated to reflect the latest developments, improvements and emerging challenges that have been encountered in this important and rapidly-growing field. This new edition of Humanitarian Logistics also increases the level of input from the practitioner community and broadens the geographic coverage, by introducing new perspectives from Asia and Africa and a number of experienced field practitioners.

There are also entire new chapters on: Quality and accountability; Lessons learned from the 2004 Thailand Tsunami and the April 2012 Tsunami warning; Emergency preparedness and the experience of international humanitarian organizations in South East Asia; What next for humanitarian logistics? It also includes chapters that focus on emerging areas of challenge that have attracted recent attention in both practitioner and academic circles, including training and education, inter-agency coordination and information systems management.

Peter Tatham is a leading international researcher in the field of humanitarian logistics.  He is currently Professor of Humanitarian Logistics at Griffith University in Australia and previously taught Defense Logistics at Cranfield University.
 
Martin Christopher has worked in logistics education and research for 40 years and previously headed the department of Demand Chain Management at Cranfield University.

Contributors: 
Nezih Altay, Associate Professor of Operations Management at DePaul University
Ruth Banomyong, Department Chair of International Business, Logistics and Transport Management at Thammasat Business School
Anthony Beresford, Professor of Logistics and Transportation at Cardiff Business School
Sylvie Beresford, Lecturer in Business French at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Martijn Blansjaar, Head of Logistics and Supply at Oxfam GB
Paul Buatsi, Managing Consultant at Omega Strategic Resources Ltd.
Dorothea Carvalho, Professional Development Project Director at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)
Tim Cross, President of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management
Robert de Souza, Executive Director and Chief Executive of The Logistics Institute -- Asia Pacific
George Fenton, Director of  the Humanitarian Operations Services Team at World Vision International
Mark Goh, Director of Industry Research at The Logistics Institute -- Asia Pacific
Mike Goodhand, Head of the Logistics and Procurement Team at the British Red Cross
Graham Heaslip, Deputy Head of the School of Business at the National University of Ireland Maynooth
Gyöngyi Kovács, Professor in Humanitarian Logistics at the Hanken School of Economics
Melissa Labonte, Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University
Paul Larson, Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Manitoba
Qing Lu, Research Fellow at The Logistics Institute -- Asia Pacific
Charles Mbohwa, Professor of Quality and Operations Management at the University of Johannesburg
David Moore, Director of the Centre for Defence Acquisition
Stephen Pettit, Reader in Logistics and Operations Management at Cardiff Business School
Jersey Seipel, Lecturer in Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Massey University
Karen Spens, Professor of Supply Chain Management and Corporate Geography at Hanken School of Economics
Fraser Stephens, Product Manager at HELIOS Foundation
David Taylor, Visiting Lecturer at Cranfield University
Fuminori Toyasaki, Associate Professor at the School of Administrative Studies, York University
Rebecca Vince, Deputy Head of Logistics at Oxfam GB
Tina Wakolbinger, Professor of Supply Chain Services and Networks at Vienna University of Economics and Business
Michael Whiting, Consultant with the World Food Program

Professor Peter Tatham is a leading international researcher in the field of humanitarian logistics, and is the Deputy Head of the Department of International Business and Asian Studies at Griffith Business School, Queensland, Australia.

Professor Martin Christopher has worked in logistics education and research for forty years and previously headed the department of Demand Chain Management for Cranfield University.