Disaster recovery : used or misused development opportunity /

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Imprint:Tokyo : Springer, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 431 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:English
Series:Disaster Risk Reduction, 2196-4106
Disaster risk reduction.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11081726
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Other authors / contributors:Shaw, Rajib, editor.
ISBN:9784431542551
4431542558
9784431542544
443154254X
9784431542544
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 4, 2013).
Summary:This book explains key lessons learned from diverse disaster situations and analyzes them within the framework of governance, education, and technology, providing a framework for disaster recovery as a development opportunity. In post-disaster situations, different types of resources are put into the affected region, varying according to technical, financial, intellectual, and community resources. If properly implemented, disaster recovery can change the context of risk-reduction approaches; if not, it can create additional hazards. In some countries, the post-disaster recovery process has even changed the socio-economic and political context of the affected region and country. The book has 21 chapters and is divided into four parts: governance and institutional issues (five chapters), education and learning issues (four chapters), technology and innovation issues (five chapters), and cross-cutting issues (five chapters). The final chapter provides an analysis of the key topics.
Other form:Print version: Disaster recovery. Kyoto : Springer, [2014] 9784431542544
Standard no.:10.1007/978-4-431-54255-1