‘Spontaneous’ volunteers? Factors enabling the Student Volunteer Army mobilisation following the Canterbury earthquakes, 2010–2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.102008
Abstract: Abstract ‘Spontaneous’ volunteers have long been recognized for the distinct and important contribution they can have within disaster response and recovery. The emergence of the Student Volunteer Army (SVA) has featured as a success story… read more here.
Keywords: mobilisation; volunteer army; spontaneous volunteers; student volunteer ... See more keywords
Embracing and integrating spontaneous volunteers in emergency response – A climate related incident in Denmark
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2019.07.014
Abstract: Abstract The paper studies the response to a coastal flooding in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark, which included a relatively large number of spontaneous volunteers, which is a rare and practically undescribed phenomenon in Denmark. The particular… read more here.
Keywords: denmark; volunteers emergency; emergency; emergency response ... See more keywords