Comparative emergency management examining global and regional responses to disasters
A host of natural and man-made disasters have plagued the world in the twenty-first century, many with significant global impact. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the Indian Ocean tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina all affected broad regions with devastating results. The need for better emergency manage...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press
c2011.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628424406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Contents; Foreword: Insights on the Role of Regional Collaboration; Preface; The Editors; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Tragedy Has Brought Us Together: Responding to New and Emerging Regional Catastrophes; Chapter 1. Forging Partnerships within Geopolitical Regions of the United States for Mutual Aid and Mass Prophylaxis Intervention; Chapter 2: Network Governance in Emergency Management in the Caribbean; Chapter 3: Game Approach to Disaster Loss Reduction in Caribbean Multicultural Societies: The Disaster Awareness Game
- Chapter 4: Rebuilding a Regional Tourist Image in the Aftermath of Disaster: : New Orleans and Hurricane KatrinaChapter 5: Addressing the Future Urban Water Crisis in Southern Ontario: An Ethnographic Look at the Promise of Expert-Lay Collaboration in Water Management Research; Chapter 6: Critique of Stakeholder Participation and Decision-Making Processes Affecting the Design and Implementation of Transboundary Water Governance Projects Bordering Vulnerable/High Risk States: Lake Chad and Basin, Danube and Tisza River Basin
- Chapter 7: Global Food Crisis and African Response: Lessons for Emergency Response PlanningChapter 8: Faith-Based Humanitarian Assistance in Response to Disasters: A Study of South African Muslim Diaspora; Chapter 9: Analysis of the Interorganizational Cooperation in the Jewish and the Arab Sectors in Israel; Chapter 10: Role of Schools in Rebuilding Communities after Disaster; Chapter 11: Citizen Seismology:: How to Involve the Public in Earthquake Response; Chapter 12: Social Capital: The Missing Link in Coping with Environmental Disaster
- Chapter 13: Supporting State Agencies in Providing Early Warning Services: A Case Study from IrelandChapter 14: NGO and Community-Oriented Disaster Response: Lessons from the Humanitarian Response to the Asian Tsunami in India and the Jogyakarta Earthquake in Indonesia; Chapter 15: Analysis of the Emergency Response by Business, Government, and the Public during and after a Sour Gas Well Blowout; Chapter 16: Collaborative Leadership in Global Health Partnership Strategies of Canadian Research Universities; Conclusion; Afterword; Back Cover
