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## Meet the editor

Dr. Carine J. Yi is a Senior Research Fellow and geographic information systems (GIS) analyst at R. Park & Associates Inc. She obtained a master's degree in Environmental Science (Urban Planning, 1996) and a Ph.D. in Hazard Engineering from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, in 2013. She obtained her GIS Application Specialist Diploma (Graduate Program) from Sir Sandford Fleming College, Ontario, Canada, in 2009. Dr. Yi

joined the Institute of International Disasters (IRIDES) at Tohoku University as an assistant professor after she worked at the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIES) in Japan. Since then, she has researched a variety of topics, including the environmental impacts of climate change, large-scale disaster risks such as floods, landslides, sea-level rise and land degradation, and human-social impacts.

### Contents


Preface

This volume is a collection of reviewed research chapters concerning developments in the field of crisis management. It includes scholarly contributions by

Chapter 1: "In the Eye of the Storm: Social Media and Crisis Management"

Chapter 3: "Impact of Non-structural Flood Control Measures on Household

Chapter 4: "Perspective Chapter: A Critical Futures Studies Perspective on

Exploratory Approach to Substantiating the Tripartite Model"

This book is designed for scholars and specialists in the field of crisis

Chapter 5: "Risk Perceptions Following a Substandard Vaccine Crisis in China: An

Chapter 6: "The Challenges of Public Service Organizations in Emergency, Crisis,

**Carine Yi**

R. Park & Associates Inc.,

Brampton, Canada

Chapter 2: "Revisiting Crisis Governance: Toward Collaborative Crisis

experts organized into six chapters.

Welfare in Bunyala Sub-County, Kenya"

and Disaster Management"

Embodiment and the Crisis in Sensemaking"

Management"

management.
