Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Local Disaster Management

Local Disaster Management

Drennan, Lex
Yannitell Reinhardt, Gina

Hardcover

General LawGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0367476665
ISBN13: 9780367476663
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 7 2020
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Local Disaster Management explores what resilience means for local communities and local governments on the front line of responding to disasters and emergencies.

Disaster management is often seen as a major international issue undertaken by global actors such as the UN, Red Cross and Red Crescent. Yet fundamentally, all disasters are local. Every disaster, regardless of its type, affects individuals, families and communities before they escalate to encompassing one or many communities or nations. This volume therefore explores fundamental issues of disaster and emergency management at the local level. What is resilience? What does resilience mean for a local government seeking to lessen the impact of disasters on their community? How do local governments adapt through their experiences of disasters and how do they recover from catastrophic experiences? This book explores these issues with chapters from top scholars in the field, draws out lessons for local government officials and disaster managers seeking to build community resilience, prepare their communities for a changing environment, and facilitate recovery after disasters strike.

1 different editions

Also available

Also in

General Political Science

View All