Case Studies in Disaster Recovery: A volume in the Disaster and Emergency Management: Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovation series

Case Studies in Disaster Recovery, the latest release in the Adaptation and Innovation in Emergency and Disaster Management series explores recovery from a number of perspectives: household, community and nation. Chapters cover the concept of social vulnerability to explain/predict recovery outcomes, consider broader themes of sustainability, assess community vulnerability and capacity, and explore the challenges associated with long-term recovery and disaster case management. Cases explored illustrate the ways in which communities and governments used the window of opportunity after a disaster to make changes that reduce future risk and vulnerability. Included cases illustrate the diversity of change realized in communities following disasters. Presents in-depth cases studies in disaster recovery-a phase of disaster managementUnites practice and research from multiple disciplines to highlight the complexity of disasters mitigation, including environmental and earth sciences, engineering, public health, geography, sociology and anthropologyExamines policy and ethical dilemmas faced by decision-makers in disaster situations INDICE: I. Series Introduction, Series Editors Jean Slick and Jane Kushma II. Disaster Recovery, Jane Kushma, PhD a. State-of-the-Practice Knowledge and Competencies (as associated with the specific dimension of practice that is the focus of the text) b. Overview of Cases III. Thematic Organization of Cases - 2-4 groupings of cases IV. Volume Conclusion, Jane Kushma, PhD Topics Covered: Long-term disaster recovery Disaster case management Recovery as tool for reducing future risk vulnerability Cyclone/Hurricane Flood Landslide Post-earthquake disaster recovery

• ISBN: 978-0-12-809574-4
• Editorial: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 280
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés