Resilience and recovery in Asian disasters : community ties, market mechanisms, and governance /

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Imprint:Berlin : Springer, 2014.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Risk, governance and society ; volume 18
Risk, governance and society ; volume 18.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11088381
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Other authors / contributors:Aldrich, Daniel P., editor.
Oum, Sothea, editor.
Sawada, Yasuyuki, 1967- editor.
ISBN:9784431550228
4431550224
9784431550211
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:This book establishes a new, holistic framework for disaster recovery and mitigation, providing a multidisciplinary perspective on the field of risk management strategies and societal and communal resilience. Going beyond narrow approaches that are all too prevalent in the field, this work builds on an optimum combination of community-level networks, private market mechanisms and state-based assistance strategies. Its chapters describe best practices in the field and elucidate cutting-edge research on recovery, highlighting the interaction between government, industry and civil society. The b.
Other form:Print version: Resilience and recovery in Asian disasters 9784431550211
Standard no.:10.1007/978-4-431-55022-8