Disaster resilience : a national imperative /

One way to reduce the impacts of disasters on the nation and its communities is to invest in enhancing resilience. As defined in this report, resilience is the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from and more successfully adapt to adverse events. The NRC study committee was asked to (1...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters, National Academies (U.S.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2012.
Temas:
Emergency management > United States.
Emergency management > Law and legislation > United States.
Emergency management > United States > Planning.
Disaster relief > United States.
Disaster relief > Law and legislation > United States.
Disasters > Social aspects > United States.
Preparedness.
Community organization > United States.
Resilience (Personality trait)
Disasters > United States.
Civil defense > United States > Administration.
Civil defense > United States > Organization.
Disaster Planning > organization & administration
Resilience, Psychological
Catastrophes > Aspect social > États-Unis.
État de préparation.
Organisation communautaire > États-Unis.
Résilience (Trait de personnalité)
Catastrophes > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Community organization
Disaster relief
Disaster relief > Law and legislation
Disasters
Disasters > Social aspects
Emergency management
Emergency management > Law and legislation
Preparedness
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The nation's agenda for disaster resilience.
  • Foundation for building a resilient nation: understanding, managing, and reducing disaster risks.
  • Making the case for resilience investments: the scope of the challenge.
  • Measuring progress toward resilience.
  • Building local capacity and accelerating progress
  • resilience from the bottom-up.
  • The landscape of resilience policy
  • resilience from the top-down.
  • Putting the pieces together: linking communities and governance to guide national resilience.
  • Building a more resilient nation: the path forward.

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