Disaster resiliency : interdisciplinary perspectives /: interdisciplinary perspectives. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Naim Kapucu, Christopher V. Hawkins, Fernando I. Rivera.
• Other Names: Kapucu, Naim; Hawkins, Christopher V (Christopher Vincent); Rivera, Fernando I
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (438 pages)
• Subjects: 363.34; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General; Disasters -- Social aspects; Community organization; Preparedness; Resilience (Personality trait); Emergency management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136239953; 1136239952
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