Instruction
Read the following article and particularly examine the examples of unwanted donations (listed by disaster, in bold type) on pages 5 through 8.
1. From the list, select one disaster that occurred in the U.S. and another one that occurred in another country.
2. Compare and contrast the problems in each: did the local, national, or international nature of the disaster have anything to do with the ineffectiveness of the donations listed? Why or why not?
3. Do you think the Greatest Good Calculator could have prevented any of these situations listed? Why or why not?
Holguin-Veras, Jose, Miguel Jaller, Luk N. Van Wassenhove, Noel Perez, and Tricia Wachtendorf. 2013. Material convergence: an important and understudied disaster phenomenon. Paper presented at the 13th Annual World Conference on Transport Research. July 15-18,2013, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.