The capacity crisis in disaster risk management : why disaster management capacity remains low in developing countries and what can be done /: why disaster management capacity remains low in developing countries and what can be done. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Asmita Tiwari.
• Authors: Tiwari, Asmita
• Contents: ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""About the Author""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Part I: Capacity Crisis""; ""Chapter 1: Disasters and Capacity Development Mirage""; ""1.1 Growing Disaster Impacts""; ""1.2 Country-Level Disaster Impacts and Capacity Building Programs""; ""1.3 Capacity Development Mirage""; ""1.4 Breaking the Capacity Development Mirage""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Capacity Crisis After the 2001 Earthquake in Gujarat, India""; ""2.1 Why Focus on the 2001 Earthquake of Gujarat?""; ""2.1.1 India: Increasing Population and Disaster Impacts"" ""2.1.2 Gujarat: One of Indiaâ€?s Most Progressive States""""2.1.3 Kutch: Historically Prone to Earthquakes""; ""2.1.4 The 2001 Earthquake in Gujarat""; ""2.2 Capacity Crisis and Capacity Building After the 2001 Earthquake""; ""2.2.1 Government and Donor Responses""; ""2.2.2 Design of Capacity Development Project""; ""2.2.3 Policy and Institutional Changes After the 2001 Earthquake""; ""2.2.3.1 National Level Changes""; ""2.2.3.2 Changes in Gujarat State""; ""2.2.4 Is Kutch Any Safer than in 2001?""; ""References""; ""Part II: Effective Capacity for Managing Disasters"" ""Chapter 3: Understanding Capacity Development""""3.1 Definitions and Evolution of the Capacity Development Concept""; ""3.2 Capacity Development Approaches""; ""3.2.1 Current Capacity Development Tools and Approaches Leading to Development Mirage""; ""3.2.1.1 Transfer of Best Practices""; ""3.2.1.2 Top-Down Approaches""; ""3.2.1.3 Supply-Driven Approaches""; ""3.2.1.4 Scope of Capacity Development Programs""; ""3.2.2 Missing Success Ingredients""; ""3.2.3 Conceptual Models""; ""3.3 Capacity Development Process"" ""3.4 Capacity Development: From a Buzzword to a Comprehensive Theory of Reform""""References""; ""Chapter 4: Capacity for Managing Disasters""; ""4.1 The Need for Capacity Development in Disaster Risk Management""; ""4.2 Key Terms and Concepts""; ""4.2.1 Disaster""; ""4.2.2 Disaster Risk""; ""4.2.3 Hazard""; ""4.2.4 Vulnerability""; ""4.2.5 Exposure""; ""4.2.6 Disaster Risk Management""; ""4.2.7 Resilience""; ""4.3 Historical Evolution and Future Trend""; ""4.3.1 Historical Evolution""; ""4.3.2 Future Trends: Where Is the Field Heading?""; ""4.4 Disaster Research Areas"" ""4.4.1 Research in the USA""""4.4.1.1 Preparedness""; ""4.4.1.2 Response""; ""4.4.1.3 Reconstruction""; ""4.4.1.4 Mitigation and Risk Reduction""; ""4.4.2 Research in Developing Countries""; ""4.4.2.1 Appropriate Policy and Planning Can Reduce Disaster Risk""; ""4.4.2.2 No Standard Tool to Measure Disaster Risk""; ""4.4.2.3 Most Government Organizations Do Not Seem to Learn from Past Disasters""; ""4.4.2.4 Post-disaster Reconstruction Policy Focusing on Structural Risk Reduction Measures May Increase Disaster Risk""
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 218 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 353.9/5; Earth sciences; Emergency management -- Developing countries; Disasters -- Risk assessment; Geology; Public administration; Organization; Regional planning; Sustainable development; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- State & Provincial; Emergency management; Law -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Business & Economics -- Strategic Planning; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Science -- Environmental Science; Public administration; Organizational theory & behaviour; Regional & area planning; Sustainability; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Natural disasters; Developing countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319094052; 3319094041; 9783319094045
• Related ISBNs: 331909405X; 9783319094045
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 11, 2015).
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