The Capacity Crisis in Disaster Risk Management Why disaster management capacity remains low in developing countries and what can be done

The Capacity Crisis in Disaster Risk Management Why disaster management capacity remains low in developing countries and what can be done / by Asmita Tiwari.

How can a place be built and managed so that it is safe for people to live? Ironically, many governments and citizens keep on asking the same question after every new disaster. Why, even with high levels of investment in increasing government’s capacity to manage disasters, do the impacts of disaste...

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Main Author: Tiwari, Asmita (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Environmental Hazards,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Natural disasters.
Public administration.
Organization.
Planning.
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
Sustainable development.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
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Summary:How can a place be built and managed so that it is safe for people to live? Ironically, many governments and citizens keep on asking the same question after every new disaster. Why, even with high levels of investment in increasing government’s capacity to manage disasters, do the impacts of disasters continue to increase? What can the governments do differently? What is the role of local communities? Where should aid agencies invest? This book looks into these critical questions and highlights how current capacity development efforts might be resulting in the opposite—capacity crisis or capability trap. The book provides a new approach for understanding and developing effective local capacity for reducing and managing future disaster impacts.
Physical Description:XVIII, 218 p. 31 illus., 29 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319094052
ISSN:2542-9787
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-09405-2

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