Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency
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Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency

Exploring Global Opportunities and Challenges

DeMond S. Miller, Jason David Rivera, DeMond S. Miller, Jason David Rivera

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Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency

Exploring Global Opportunities and Challenges

DeMond S. Miller, Jason David Rivera, DeMond S. Miller, Jason David Rivera

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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

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9781420088236
Edition
1
Topic
Derecho
Subtopic
Ciencias forenses

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Tables
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Editors
  9. Contributors
  10. Introduction: The UniqueOpportunities andChallenges from a Social Scientific Perspective
  11. Part I: Opportunities Iand Challengesfor Building aCommunity-Based Institutional Infrastructure
  12. Chapter 1: Disaster Preparednessamong Community-Based Organizations inthe City and County ofSan Francisco: Serving the Most Vulnerable
  13. Chapter 2: Safe Schools forthe Community:A Case and Tool for Disaster-Proof Schools
  14. Chapter 3: Opportunities andChallenges of BatteredWomen’s Shelters in the Aftermath of a Disaster
  15. Part II: Opportunities and Challengesfor Social and Cultural Revitalization
  16. Chapter 4: Disaster Resilience:Exploring All Hazardsand Cross-Cultural Perspectives
  17. Chapter 5: Community Resiliencein New Orleans East:Deploying the CulturalToolkit within a Vietnamese American Community
  18. Chapter 6: Social Capital after a Disaster: A Case Studyof the 2008 Flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  19. Part III: Opportunities and Challenges for Economic Recovery
  20. Chapter 7: Natural Disasters,Climate Change,and Recovery: TheSustainability Question in Post-Ivan Grenada
  21. Chapter 8: InformationCommodificationand Social Capital in Local Street Markets
  22. Chapter 9: Role of Information and CommunicationTechnologies in DisasterRehabilitation inAgriculture and Ecotourism:Bukit Lawang, Indonesia
  23. Part IV: Opportunities and Challengesfor Public Health and Safety
  24. Chapter 10: The Irrawaddy Crisis:Myanmar and CycloneNargis—Challenges and Opportunities for Change
  25. Chapter 11: Challenge of theWorried Well in theEvent of a Pandemic or Terrorist Attack
  26. Chapter 12: Aborigines’ and MigrantSettlers’ Crisis andReconstruction Efforts inTwo Yoruba Communities in Southwestern Nigeria
  27. Chapter 13: An Assault on theCommunity’s Fabric:Tragedy, Challenges,and Opportunities of School Shootings
  28. Part V: Opportunities Vand Challenges for Housing and Housing Policy
  29. Chapter 14: Housing Reconstructionin Post-Mitch Nicaragua:Two Case Studies fromthe Communities of San Dionisio and Ocotal
  30. Chapter 15: Housing Reconstructionin Tamil Nadu: TheDisaster after the Tsunami in India
  31. Chapter 16: Building Earthquake-Resilient Communities
  32. Part VI: Opportunities and Challengesfor Public –PrivatePartnerships in the Twenty-First Century
  33. Chapter 17: Bridging the Public–PrivatePartnership in Disaster Management in Bangladesh
  34. Chapter 18: Building Disaster-Resilient Communities:The Public–Private Partnership Approach
  35. Chapter 19: Patterns of Public–Private Partnershipin CommunityReconstruction: The Caseof Taiwan after the Chi-Chi Earthquake
  36. Part VII: Opportunities and Challenges for Disaster Mitigation
  37. Chapter 20: How Nations Should Develop DisasterPlans for Mitigation,Preparedness, Response,and Recovery: LessonsLearned from Major International Disasters
  38. Chapter 21: Private Resilience Responses againstCollective RecoveryInterests: The Case ofthe Mega-Fires of Ilia,Greece, in August 2007
  39. Chapter 22: Preplanning for Recovery
  40. Chapter 23: Preparedness forEmergency: Learningfrom War-Caused Disaster in Israel
  41. Chapter 24: Conclusion
  42. Back cover
Citation styles for Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency

APA 6 Citation

[author missing]. (2010). Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency (1st ed.). Taylor and Francis. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1521231/community-disaster-recovery-and-resiliency-exploring-global-opportunities-and-challenges-pdf (Original work published 2010)

Chicago Citation

[author missing]. (2010) 2010. Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis. https://www.perlego.com/book/1521231/community-disaster-recovery-and-resiliency-exploring-global-opportunities-and-challenges-pdf.

Harvard Citation

[author missing] (2010) Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency. 1st edn. Taylor and Francis. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1521231/community-disaster-recovery-and-resiliency-exploring-global-opportunities-and-challenges-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

[author missing]. Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis, 2010. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.