Beschreibung:
Using case studies from resource-poor countries severely impacted by natural hazards in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, Denise Thompson develops a disaster risk governance framework that helps to put poorer countries on a path to sustainable disaster risk reduction (DRR).
1. Introduction Part 1: 2. Over Four Decades of Ignoring Disaster Risk Governance 3. Making Conceptual Connections Necessary for More Effective Disaster Risk Governance in Developing Countries 4. Disaster Risk Governance 5. Institutions: The Centerpiece of Governance Part 2: 6. Disaster Risk Governance in Jamaica 7. Disaster Risk Governance in Dominica 8. Disaster Risk Governance in Kenya 9. Disaster Risk Governance in Zanzibar 10. Disaster Risk Governance in Developing Countries