Disaster recovery. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brenda D. Phillips.
• Authors: Phillips, Brenda D
• Contents: Introduction ; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Defining Disaster Recovery; Hazards and Their Consequences for Disasters; Disaster Resilience; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Recommended Reading; Resources; ; Conceptual, Theoretical, and Practical Approaches to Disaster Recovery; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Why Theory?; Toward a Sustainable Recovery; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Further Readings; Resources; ; Disaster Recovery Planning; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Damage Assessment; Getting Started with Planning; Recovery Planning; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Recommended Readings; Resources; ; Debris Management; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Debris Challenges; Debris Estimation; Problems Specific to Debris; Debris Management Planning; Debris Reduction Methods; Debris Management Sites; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Recommended Readings; Resources; ; Environmental Recovery; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Approaches to Environmental Recovery; Strategies and Tools for Environmental Recovery; Environmental Partners; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Recommended Readings; Resources; ; Historic and Cultural Resources; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Defining Historic Property and Cultural Resources; Importance of Historic "Places"; Challenges and Opportunities after Disaster; Resources for Historic Properties and Cultural Resources; Mitigation for Historic Properties and Cultural Resources; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Recommended Readings; Resources; ; Housing ; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Challenges in Housing Recovery; Housing Recovery Models; Types of Post-Disaster Shelter and Housing; Challenges for Socially Vulnerable Populations; The Role of the US Government in Housing Recovery; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Recommended Readings; Resources; ; Business Recovery; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Conditions That Influence Business Recovery; Key Concepts for Business Recovery; Strategies for Business Recovery; Funding Business Recovery; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Recommended Readings; Resources; ; Infrastructure and Lifelines; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Social Impacts of Infrastructural and Utility Damage; Impacts of Disaster on Infrastructure and Lifelines; Damage Assessment and Short-Term Recovery; Mitigating Future Risks; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Recommended Readings; Resources; ; Social Psychological Recovery; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Psychological Impacts of Disasters; Factors Influencing Psychological Recovery; Barriers to Psychological Recovery; Becoming More Resilient to Disasters; Post-Disaster Recovery from Psychological Trauma; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Recommended Readings; Resources; ; Public Sector Recovery; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Roles of Government in Disaster Recovery; Approaches to Governmental Leadership; Key Governmental Resources; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Recommended Readings; Resources; ; Donations; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Understanding the Problem of Donations; Challenges Associated with Donations; Encouraging Financial Donations; Donations Management Planning; Donations Accountability; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Recommended Readings; Resources; ; Community Resources; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Defining Community; Social Capital; Engaging Communities; Participatory Strategies; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Recommended Readings; Resources; ; Volunteers and Voluntary Organizations; Learning Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Why People Volunteer?; Volunteers and Voluntary Organizations; Benefits and Challenges of Volunteer Management; Volunteering Internationally; Contributions of Voluntary Organizations during Disaster Recovery; The Voluntary Agency Liaison; Managing Volunteers; Summary; End-of-Chapter Questions; References and Recommended Readings; Resources; ; Glossary; ; Appendix: Financing Recovery
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 363.348068; Emergency management; Intervention (Federal government)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466583856; 9781466583863
• Related ISBNs: 9781466583849
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