Future proof : how to build resilience in an uncertain world /

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Catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Tohoku "Triple Disaster" of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that hit the eastern seaboard of Japan in 2012 are seen as surprises that have a low probability of occurring but have a debilitating impact when they do. In t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Coaffee, Jon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Organizational resilience.
Emergency management.
Hazard mitigation.
Uncertainty.
Résilience organisationnelle.
Catastrophes > Réduction.
Incertitude.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Emergency management
Hazard mitigation
Organizational resilience
Uncertainty
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Fate, Choice and the Birth of Risk
  • The Resilience Turn and the Permanent State of Adaption
  • Anticipating Climate Armageddon
  • Responsive Critical Infrastructure Lifelines
  • Security, Resilience and Preparedness
  • Stress-testing Economic Resilience
  • The Search for Organisational Agility
  • Disaster Resilience: Where it all Comes Together
  • Adapt or Die: Futureproofing the Twenty-first Century.

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