Dull disasters? : how planning ahead will make a difference / Daniel J. Clarke and Stefan Dercon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Daniel J. (Daniel Jonathan), 1980- author.

Dercon, Stefan, author.

Series:

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management.

Crisis management.

Organizational resilience.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 139 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK Oxford University Press 2016

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In recent years, typhoons have struck the Philippines and Vanuatu; earthquakes have rocked Haiti, Pakistan, and Nepal; floods have swept through Pakistan and Mozambique; droughts have hit Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia; and more. All led to loss of life and loss of livelihoods, and recovery will take years. One of the likely effects of climate change is to increase the likelihood of the type of extreme weather events that seems to cause these disasters. But do extreme events have to turn into disasters with huge loss of life and suffering? 'Dull Disasters?' harnesses lessons from finance, political science, economics, psychology, and the natural sciences to show how countries and their partners can be far better prepared to deal with disasters.

Contents:

1: Dealing with disasters : it should and can get better

2: Defining the problem : begging bowls and benefactors

3: Bring in the professionals

4: Planning for disaster recovery : changing the default setting

5: Finance as the glue

6: Moving forward ...

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 7, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780191827440

0191827444

OCLC:

1076644347

Publisher Number:

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198785576.001.0001

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access