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The handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions / John Handmer and Stephen Dovers.

The handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions / John Handmer and Stephen Dovers.
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ISBN 9781844073597 (hardback)
1844073599 (hardback)
Author Handmer, John W.
Title The handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions / John Handmer and Stephen Dovers.
Publisher and/or associated date/s London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, c2007.
Description xvii, 187 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction: The Context and Aims of this Book --
Pt. I
Constructing the Problem --
1
The Nature of Emergencies and Disasters --
2
The Nature of Policy and Institutions --
Pt. II
Constructing the Response --
3
A Policy and Institutional Framework for Emergencies and Disasters --
4
Owning the Problem: Politics, Participation and Communication --
5
Framing the Problem: Identifying and Analysing Risk --
6
Responding to the Problem: Policy Formulation and Implementation --
7
Not Forgetting: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning --
8
Institutional Settings for Emergencies and Disasters: Form, Function and Coordination --
Pt. III
Constructing the Future --
9
Future Prospects.
Introduction: the context and aims of this book -- Constructing the problem -- The nature of emergencies and disasters -- The nature of policy and institutions -- Constructing the response -- A policy and institutional framework for emergencies and disasters -- Owning the problem: politics, participation and communication -- Framing the problem: identifying and analyzing risk -- Responding to the problem: policy formulation and implementation -- Not forgetting: monitoring, evaluation and learning -- Institutional settings for emergencies and disasters -- Constructing the future -- Bibliography.
Summary "Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsuited to the emerging scales of the problems they confront, and the lack of institutional capacity to implement planning and prevention or to manage disasters. This book seeks to overcome this mismatch and to guide development of a policy and institutional framework. For the first time it brings together into a coherent framework the insights of public policy, institutional design and emergency and disaster management."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects Emergency management
Disaster relief
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Dovers, Stephen
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