The disaster resiliency challenge : transforming theory to action /

"Resilience as a concept has become embedded in public policy discourse within countries across the world in a wide range of contexts--planning, education, emergency management, and supply chains. The goal of this book is to assist future community leaders and professionals with the subsystem c...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bohland, James R. (Editor ), Harrald, John R. (John Richard) (Editor ), Brosnan, Deborah M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Springfield, Illinois : Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd., [2018]
Temas:
Disaster relief.
Civic leaders.
Resilience (Personality trait)
Communities.
Emergency management.
Community life.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes.
Leaders.
Résilience (Trait de personnalité)
Communauté.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Community life
Civic leaders
Communities
Disaster relief
Emergency management
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • THE DISASTERRESILIENCY CHALLENGE; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; Section I BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES: ADAPTIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE PERSPECTIVES; Chapter 1 RESILIENCE: CHALLENGES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE; A FRAMEWORK FOR RESILIENCE POLICY; ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: ALTERNATIVE FRAMEWORKS; RESILIENCE GOALS; TRANSFORMATION VERSUS ADAPTATION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE?; ESTABLISHING ADAPTATION OR TRANSFORMATION PATHWAYS; Adaptive Resilience; Transformative Resilience
  • CONSIDERATIONS FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE POLICYEquity Issues Must Be Clarified in the Policy Process; Citizen Engagement is Essential to Resilience Building; Resilience is Futurity Grounded in the Past; Ethical Considerations Must Guide Decisions; MOVING BEYOND RESISTENCE TO RESILIENCE; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 RESILIENCE IN TIME AND SPACE: LESSONS FROM ECOLOGY; IMPLICATIONS OF SCALE; INVESTING IN RESILIENCE; CAN WE ACCOUNT FOR SCALE?; Section II TECHNOLOGY AND RESILIENCE; Chapter 4 BUILDING HAZARD RESILIENT COMMUNITIES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY: PANACEA OR PROBLEM; MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES
  • RESPONSE TECHNOLOGIESCommunication Systems; Autonomous Platforms; SMART CITY TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGY AND RESILIENCE; Chapter 5 MICROSCALE DISASTER AND LOCAL RESILIENCY; INTRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; RESEARCH APPROACH; A Tale of Two Disasters; FINDINGS; Technology Usage; Community Networks; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 BUILDING RESILIENT CITIES: HARNESSING THE POWER OF URBAN ANALYTICS; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CITY; The City As a System; Resources Fuel the System; Competition for Resources; The City Competes for Resources
  • Mobile Resources are the Most CompetitiveThe City Needs a Competitive Advantage; DATA-AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE TO CITIES AND URBAN AREAS; Data are Multisourced; DATA ARE OBSERVATIONAL; Data Are Noisy; Data Are Multipurposed; USEFUL URBAN ANALYTICS-THE NEW LENS; Urban Analytics; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; COMPETITION; ADAPTATION; INNOVATION; Urban Analytics Benchmarks; Previous Performance as Reference Point; Other Cities as Reference Point; Stated Goal as Reference Point; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES
  • Chapter 7 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THE FAILURE TO DESCRIBE AND COMMUNICATE THE POSSIBLE FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOSREFERENCES; Section III SECTORIAL PERSPECTIVES ON RESILIENCE; Chapter 8 CONCEPTUALIZING FINANCIAL RESILIENCE: THE CHALLENGES FOR URBAN THEORY; THE RESILIENCE TURN IN URBAN THEORY; CONCEPTUALIZING FINANCIAL RESILIENCE; DIMENSIONS OF FINANCIAL RESILIENCE; RESILIENCE (EQUILIBRIUM, REGULATION, COMPLEXITY, GOVERNANCE); FINANCIAL RESILIENCE AND THE PROCESS OF URBANIZATION; MORE CHALLENGES FOR URBAN THEORY; OF UNTESTED HYPOTHESES AND UNTESTABLE SLOGANS; AGAINST DISCIPLINARY AMNESIA

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