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Disaster resiliency [electronic resource] : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Naim Kapucu, Christopher V. Hawkins, and Fernando I. Rivera.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge research in public administration and public policy ; 4Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxii, 413 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.34 23
LOC classification:
  • HV553 .D57 2013
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Contents:
Foreword -- Preface -- Disaster resiliency : interdisciplinary perspectives -- Introduction to conceptual insights and applications of resilience -- All hazards, whole community : creating resiliency -- Sociological insights on the role of social capital in disaster resilience -- Understanding hurricane vulnerability : Florida mobile home parks -- Building collaborative capacity for disaster resiliency -- Resilient rural communities: housing recovery patterns following hurricane Katrina -- Taking action in uncertain environments : connecting resilience to hazards -- Public risks and disaster resilience : rethinking public and private sector roles -- Networks, collaborative planning, and perceived quality of comprehensive plans -- Examining environmental factors contributing to community resilience along the Gulf of Mexico coast -- Resilience planning in the face of uncertainty : adapting to climate change effects on coastal hazards -- Incorporating resilience of rural communities for pro-active risk reduction in Shikoku, Japan -- Improving community resilience through networks -- The role of responder networks in promoting community resilience : toward a measurement framework of network capacity -- Coping with catastrophe : "black swan" in northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011 -- Enhancing community resilience : a matter of multi-level framework, mixed methods, and multi-sectoral tools -- Management capacity and rural community resilience -- Inter-organizational coordination : analysis of 2011 van earthquake -- Community capacity and interorganizational networks for disaster resilience : comparison of rural and urban counties -- (Conclusion): emerging research in disaster resiliency and sustainability : implications for policy and practice -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- List of contributors.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- Disaster resiliency : interdisciplinary perspectives -- Introduction to conceptual insights and applications of resilience -- All hazards, whole community : creating resiliency -- Sociological insights on the role of social capital in disaster resilience -- Understanding hurricane vulnerability : Florida mobile home parks -- Building collaborative capacity for disaster resiliency -- Resilient rural communities: housing recovery patterns following hurricane Katrina -- Taking action in uncertain environments : connecting resilience to hazards -- Public risks and disaster resilience : rethinking public and private sector roles -- Networks, collaborative planning, and perceived quality of comprehensive plans -- Examining environmental factors contributing to community resilience along the Gulf of Mexico coast -- Resilience planning in the face of uncertainty : adapting to climate change effects on coastal hazards -- Incorporating resilience of rural communities for pro-active risk reduction in Shikoku, Japan -- Improving community resilience through networks -- The role of responder networks in promoting community resilience : toward a measurement framework of network capacity -- Coping with catastrophe : "black swan" in northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011 -- Enhancing community resilience : a matter of multi-level framework, mixed methods, and multi-sectoral tools -- Management capacity and rural community resilience -- Inter-organizational coordination : analysis of 2011 van earthquake -- Community capacity and interorganizational networks for disaster resilience : comparison of rural and urban counties -- (Conclusion): emerging research in disaster resiliency and sustainability : implications for policy and practice -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- List of contributors.

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