Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency

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Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency

Author	: DeMond S. Miller
File Size	: 45,6 Mb
Publisher	: CRC Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 12 October 2010
ISBN	: 1420088238
Pages	: 634 pages

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Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency by DeMond S. Miller Book PDF Summary

Once again nature‘s fury has taken a toll in pain, suffering, and lives lost. In recognition of the need for a rapid and appropriate response, CRC Press will donate $5 to the American Red Cross for every copy of Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency: Exploring Global Opportunities and Challenges sold. In the past, societies would learn from di

Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency by DeMond S. Miller,Jason David Rivera

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Healthy Resilient and Sustainable Communities After Disasters by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Post-Disaster Recovery of a Community's Public Health, Medical, and Social Services

In the devastation that follows a major disaster, there is a need for multiple sectors to unite and devote new resources to support the rebuilding of infrastructure, the provision of health and social services, the restoration of care delivery systems, and other critical recovery needs. In some cases, billions of

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Community Disaster Recovery by Deserai A. Crow,Elizabeth A. Albright

Disasters can serve as focusing events that increase agenda attention related to issues of disaster response, recovery, and preparedness. Increased agenda attention can lead to policy changes and organisational learning. The degree and type of learning that occurs within a government organization after a disaster may matter to policy outcomes

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Building Resilience by Daniel P. Aldrich

The factor that makes some communities rebound quickly from disasters while others fall apart: “A fascinating book on an important topic.”—E.L. Hirsch, in Choice Each year, natural disasters threaten the strength and stability of communities worldwide. Yet responses to the challenges of recovery vary greatly and in ways

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Disaster Resiliency by Naim Kapucu,Christopher V. Hawkins,Fernando I. Rivera

Natural disasters in recent years have brought the study of disaster resiliency to the forefront. The importance of community preparedness and sustainability has been underscored by such calamities as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Japanese tsunami in 2011. Natural disasters will inevitably continue to occur, but by understanding the concept of

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Community Disaster Recovery by Deserai A. Crow,Elizabeth A. Albright

Crow and Albright outline if, what, and when communities learn from disasters to make them more resilient to future shocks.

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Building Community Resilience to Disasters by Anita Chandra

Community resilience, or the sustained ability of a community to withstand and recover from adversity has become a key policy issue at federal, state, and local levels, including in the National Health Security Strategy. Because resources are limited in the wake of an emergency, it is increasingly recognized that resilience

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Disaster Resilience by National Academies,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,Committee on Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters

No person or place is immune from disasters or disaster-related losses. Infectious disease outbreaks, acts of terrorism, social unrest, or financial disasters in addition to natural hazards can all lead to large-scale consequences for the nation and its communities. Communities and the nation thus face difficult fiscal, social, cultural, and

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