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Future-proofing the state : managing risks, responding to crises and building resilience /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Boston, Jonathan, 1957- (Editor ), Wanna, John (Editor ), Pritchard, Justin (Editor ), Lipski, Vic (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Future-Proofing the State; Foreword; Contributors; Part 1: Governing for the Future; 1. Governing for the Future while Meeting the Challenges of Today; 2. The Role of Government in Future-Proofing Society; 3. Foreseeable Shocks and the Critical Challenges Facing Humanity in the Twenty-First Century; 4. Governments Fit for the Future: Lessons in building resilience; 5. Governing for the Future: What governments can do; 6. Do Governments Suffer from Political Myopia: What is the problem and what can be done about it?
  • 7. Policy Disasters Waiting to Happen: When predictable disasters flow from government decisions8. Building and Maintaining Trust in Public Institutions: Is this possible?; Part 2: Managing Risks and Building Resilence; 9. Lessons for Government in Minimising Risk: What can the public service learn from the private sector?; 10. Risk Responses, Emergency Management and Community Resilience in the Aftermath of the Recent Victorian Natural Disasters; 11. Understanding Resilience and Reducing Future Vulnerabilities in Social-Ecological Systems.
  • 12. Improving Resilience through Environmental Scanning in Western Australia13. Environmental Scanning Processes in Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads; 14. Resilience in its Historical and Contemporary Contexts; Part 3: Managing Crises; 15. Managing Crises Long Term: The challenges of preparedness and response; 16. The Public Service in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis: Future-proof or future shock?; Part 4: Disaster Recovery; 17. Disaster Recovery: The particular governance challenges generated by large-scale natural disasters.
  • 18. Missing the Opportunity to Promote Community Resilience? The Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry19. The Role of Post-Disaster Institutions in Recovery and Resilience: A comparative study of three recent disasters; 20. Governing the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, 2010-2011: The debate over institutional design; 21. Seismic Shifts: The Canterbury earthquakes and public sector innovation; 22. Examining the Public Sector's Responses to the Canterbury Earthquakes; Name Index; Subject Index.