Beschreibung:
Hazards, both natural and man-made, pose a major risk to vast swathes of the world's population. In the post 9/11 world, the scale, frequency, and intensity of these disasters and crises have dramatically increased, and the failures in public sector response have prompted a critical need to re-evaluate disaster management practices. This book ask what we have learned from past crises and offers ways to think about policy interventions, and the mechanisms of governance, in a way which can inform future responses to disaster. This book was originally published as a special issue of Public Management Review.
Introduction: Studying Disaster and Crisis Management 1. Time and Crisis 2. The Vulnerability of Public Spaces: Challenges for UK hospitals under the 'new' terrorist threat 3. The Core and Periphery of Emergency Management Networks: A multi-modal assessment of two evacuation-hosting networks from 2000 to 2009 4. Managing Disaster Networks in India: A study of structure and effectiveness 5. Managing the Impact of Disaster: Patterns of post-tsunami sheltering and duration of stay in South India 5. Solidarity as Political Strategy: Post-crisis reform following the French heatwave 6. Making Groceries: Leadership, free spaces and narratives of meaning in post-Katrina New Orleans 7. The Resilient Organization: A critical appraisal 8. Economic Considerations in Designing Emergency Management Institutions and Policies for Transboundary Disasters