Description: Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency : Exploring Global Opportunities and Challenges, Hardcover by Miller, Demond Shondell (EDT); Rivera, Jason David (EDT), ISBN 142008822X, ISBN-13 9781420088229, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In addition to describing recent disaster recovery projects, this volume encourages national leaders to stimulate social change that makes communities more disaster resistant and develop public policy that enables a culture of resilience. The 24 chapters identify opportunities for building a community-based infrastructure, revitalizing social and economic systems, and promoting public health and safety. The contributors also recommend best practices for housing reconstruction, public-private partnerships, and disaster planning. The case studies are drawn from San Francisco, New Orleans, Iowa, Grenada, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Bangladesh, Greece, and Israel. Miller is a professor of sociology at Rowan University, and Rivera is a research associate in public policy at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency : Exploring Global Opp
Number of Pages: 634 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency : Exploring Global Opportunities and Challenges
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Item Height: 1.5 in
Subject: Public Affairs & Administration, Forensic Science, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Emergency Management
Publication Year: 2010
Item Weight: 36.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Jason David Rivera
Subject Area: Law, Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Social Science
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
