Future-proofing the state managing risks, responding to crises and building resilience
This book focuses on the challenges facing governments and communities in preparing for and responding to major crises — especially the hard to predict yet unavoidable natural disasters ranging from earthquakes and tsunamis to floods and bushfires, as well as pandemics and global economic crises. Fu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Canberra, ACT :
ANU Press
2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436399606719 |
Table of Contents:
- Future-Proofing the State
- Foreword
- Contributors
- Part 1: Governing for the Future
- 1. Governing for the Future while Meeting the Challenges of Today
- 2. The Role of Government in Future-Proofing Society
- 3. Foreseeable Shocks and the Critical Challenges Facing Humanity in the Twenty-First Century
- 4. Governments Fit for the Future: Lessons in building resilience
- 5. Governing for the Future: What governments can do
- 6. Do Governments Suffer from Political Myopia: What is the problem and what can be done about it?
- 7. Policy Disasters Waiting to Happen: When predictable disasters flow from government decisions
- 8. Building and Maintaining Trust in Public Institutions: Is this possible?
- Part 2: Managing Risks and Building Resilence
- 9. Lessons for Government in Minimising Risk: What can the public service learn from the private sector?
- 10. Risk Responses, Emergency Management and Community Resilience in the Aftermath of the Recent Victorian Natural Disasters
- 11. Understanding Resilience and Reducing Future Vulnerabilities in Social-Ecological Systems
- 12. Improving Resilience through Environmental Scanning in Western Australia
- 13. Environmental Scanning Processes in Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads
- 14. Resilience in its Historical and Contemporary Contexts
- Part 3: Managing Crises
- 15. Managing Crises Long Term: The challenges of preparedness and response
- 16. The Public Service in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis: Future-proof or future shock?
- Part 4: Disaster Recovery
- 17. Disaster Recovery: The particular governance challenges generated by large-scale natural disasters
- 18. Missing the Opportunity to Promote Community Resilience? The Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry.
- 19. The Role of Post-Disaster Institutions in Recovery and Resilience: A comparative study of three recent disasters
- 20. Governing the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, 2010-2011: The debate over institutional design
- 21. Seismic Shifts: The Canterbury earthquakes and public sector innovation
- 22. Examining the Public Sector's Responses to the Canterbury Earthquakes
- Name Index
- Subject Index.
