In recent years, disaster relief organizations such as the UN, Blue Crescent and

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In recent years, disaster relief organizations such as the UN, Blue Crescent and Red Cross collaborate to create five regional logistics units (RLUs) across the globe. Each RLU stores goods that cater to the needs of a particular region. Please discuss how RLUs can potentially improve the performance of disaster relief operations. Your discussion needs to apply logistics network design using social network concepts (e.g. centrality), postponement, risk pooling and specifics of relief performance measures.

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A dual cycle model of disaster Relief Operations –

Within each distinct cycle, the models reveal that the stages are not mutually exclusive and rather overlaps are common.

  Different stages – and activities within these stages – may even occur at the same time for different population segments, and some relief operations are relevant to more than one stage. The stages are interrelated and operated concurrently.

Funding is generally done through donation, immediately after the disaster occurs.

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