Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency

Exploring Global Opportunities and Challenges

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

• Editorial: CRC Press
• Año: 2010
• ISBN:
  9781420088236
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Derecho
• Categoría: Ciencias forenses

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

Índice

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