Coordination and Collaboration Functions of Disaster Coordination Centers for Humanitarian Logistics

TLDR

Humanitarian logistics depends on effective coordination and collaboration, yet inter‑organizational coordination in sub‑regions is complex, and research in disaster emergency management seeks to identify methods that reduce losses. The study proposes coordination clusters as key to improving disaster emergency and logistical systems and aims to identify collaboration clusters within disaster coordination operations. The authors analyze coordination clusters across sub‑regions and network sub‑groups to inform humanitarian aid operations.

Abstract

Understanding the benefits of coordination and collaboration functions and using them for the disaster centers reorganization is a key process for humanitarian logistics. Inter-organizational coordination is important factor for disaster coordination centers but complicated in sub-regions. Studies in the disaster emergency management field will lead to discovering effective methods and reduced losses. Therefore, the clusters for coordination were suggested as crucial factors to improve the disaster emergency and logistical systems. This paper is focused on discovering the clusters for collaboration within disaster coordination operations. The paper comments and discusses the clusters on different sub-regions and network sub-groups for humanitarian aid