Ali Ardalan

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used bibliographies, citation databases, and other available records to find an answer to the question of what are the valid social vulnerability indicators in disasters.

TL;DR: It is suggested that, as a starting point for the systematic operationalization of CDR, existing indicators of community disaster resilience be classified in five domains, which are social, economic, institutional, physical and natural domains.

TL;DR: Assessing the application of behavioral theories and models to disaster and emergency preparedness across the world raised issues regarding their utility in countries, particularly in Asisa and the Middle East, where cultural characteristics are very different to those prevailing in the Western countries in which theories have been developed and tested.

TL;DR: The findings indicate that the increase and decrease in ambient temperature had a relationship with the cardiovascular mortality and persons with cardiovascular disease and the elderly should be targeted to prevent the temperature- related mortality.

TL;DR: Iran is now a country with a population exceeding 80 million, mainly inhabiting urban regions, and has an increasing burden of non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes, malignancies, mental disorders, substance abuse, and road injuries.