Catastrophic incentives : why our approaches to disasters keep falling short / Jeff Schlegelmilch and Ellen Carlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schlegelmilch, Jeffrey, author.

Carlin, Ellen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disaster relief--Political aspects.

Disaster relief.

Emergency management--Political aspects.

Emergency management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Examining twenty years of disasters from 9/11 to COVID-19, Jeff Schlegelmilch and Ellen Carlin show how flawed incentive structures make the world more vulnerable when catastrophe strikes.

Contents:

Part I. A Recent History of Disasters: Events, Trends and Organizational Responses

1. The Birth of the Modern Era of U.S. Disaster Management and Its Global Implications (2001)

2. A Pandemic Warning, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Hurricane Katrina, and a Bird Flu (2002-2007)

3. An Influenza Pandemic, Earthquake in Haiti, Fukushima Disaster, and Superstorm Sandy (2008-2012)

4. Ebola, Hurricanes, Wildfires, and a Pandemic for the Ages (2013-2021)

Part II. How Organizations Respond to Disasters and Why They Behave That Way

5. Disaster Politics

6. Disaster Markets and the Private Sector

7. Disaster Nonprofits

8. Disaster Academics

Part III. In Search of Disaster Resilience

9. Humans Are Bad at Risk, and Even Worse with Uncertainty

10. Reimagining the Model.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Schlegelmilch, Jeff Catastrophic Incentives

ISBN:

9780231555432

0231555431

OCLC:

1395182124