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Governing Disasters : Engaging Local Populations in Humanitarian Relief /
With growing awareness of the devastation caused by major natural disasters, alongside integration of governance and technology networks, the parameters of humanitarian aid are becoming more global. At the same time, humanitarian instruments are increasingly recognizing the centrality of local parti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Epigraph; Table of contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgments; Treaties; Other international instruments; Cases; Introduction; Summary of Findings; Data Collection Method; Emerging Global Policy Support for Local Participation in Humanitarian Relief; Organization of Book; Part I Overview; 1 New Governance and Humanitarian Aid; Overview; New Governance Scholarship; New and Old Forms of Governance; Principles of New Governance; New Governance as an "Attitude"; Applications of New Governance; Regulatory Applications
- Applications of New Governance Approaches in the Humanitarian ContextStandardizing versus Diversification; Accountability and Supervision in UN Humanitarian Assistance; Strengths and Shortcomings of New Governance; Assessment in Light of the Research Objectives; 2 Legal Background: Post-disaster Humanitarian Aid Law and Policy; Introduction; Meaning of Humanitarian Aid; Legal and Policy Issues in Humanitarian Aid; Legal Basis and Regulation of Humanitarian Aid; Challenges in Implementing Humanitarian Legal Obligations; Principles Regulating Humanitarian Aid
- The Interrelationship between Humanitarian Intervention and Humanitarian Assistance: Legal and Policy PerspectivesNew Humanitarianism; New Forms of Decision Making: Participants and Stakeholders; Local Participation; The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations and Civil Society Bodies; An Emerging Obligation to Ensure Local Participation in Humanitarian Assistance; Globalization and Aid; Summary and Conclusion; Part II International-Led Response; 3 Theory and Practice of International Response; Introduction; Contingency Planning; Coordination at the Site Level; Community Involvement in Planning
- Access to Accurate and Reliable InformationCrisis-Mapping Communications; Effective Communication, Participation and Cultural Awareness; Challenges in International-Led Response; 4 Indonesia's Tsunami of 2004; Introduction; Policy Background; The Disaster Management Structure; The Government's Responses; Coordination of Responses; International Response; Effectiveness of the International Response; Community-Driven Development (CDD) Strategy; Local Participation; Private-Sector Collaboration; Outcome; Lessons Learned Regarding Local Participation in Humanitarian Aid
- Designing the Local Participation MechanismPlanning and Designing Post-disaster Reconstruction and Development via Local Participation; Execution of Reconstruction and Development Plans and Projects via Local Participation; Policy Recommendations; Recognize the Importance of Local Knowledge and Institutions; Develop and Sustain Engagement with Local Governments; Capacity Building; Foster an Enabling Environment; Improve Transparency and Accountability; 5 The Haitian Earthquake of 2010; Introduction; OCHA: History and Structure; Haiti: Vulnerabilities and Aid Dependence