@article{1450741,
      recid = {1450741},
      author = {Lukasiewicz, Anna, and O'Donnell, Tayanah,},
      title = {Complex disasters : compounding, cascading, and protracted  /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxvii, 394 pages) :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This is an important, timely and provocative book! The  authors explore the contested terrain of risk and disaster,  challenging the reader through diverse, and at times  disruptive, perspectives and analysis. Unusually for  material on this subject, I found the book very accessible.  It deserves to be widely read and I expect it to have  significant influence on thinking and policy. The volume is  also a wonderful tribute to Professor Helen James. --  Emeritus Professor John Handmer, FASSA, Senior Research  Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems  Analysis (IIASA), Vienna Exploration of the complexity of  disasters in a multi-hazard context is crucial to improving  future disaster resilience. For policymakers the book  provides evidence of the need to invest in disaster  resilience and adaptation to address the growing threats  posed by complex disasters. -- Andrew Gissing, Fellow at  Macquarie University and General Manager, Risk Frontiers,  Sydney, Australia The authoring of complex disasters:  compounding, cascading, and protracted is both timely and  essential. This book makes a significant contribution in  helping policy makers, academics, strategists, operational  leaders as well as anyone else who is concerned about the  current and future challenges in disaster risk management  to think differently about disasters. -- Mark Crosweller  AFMS, former Director-General Emergency Management,  Canberra, Australia This Edited book introduces the concept  of complex disasters and considers both disaster risks and  impacts across the disaster management spectrum -  Prevention - Preparation - Response and Recovery. Three  types of complex disasters are analysed - 'compound',  'cascading' and 'protracted'. The book will be useful to  researchers in climate, disaster, or environmental and  economic policy, disaster risk reduction, and climate  change studies, and practitioners and policy makers  applying disaster theory and knowledge into policy and  decision-making. Anna Lukasiewicz researches topics around  the distribution of natural resources; water governance;  disaster justice and natural hazard management. She works  at the interface of justice and natural resource  management. Tayanah O'Donnell is an Honorary Associate  Professor at the Australian National University and Partner  with Deloitte, climate and sustainability. Her research  interests include: climate and environmental regulation and  policy, managed retreat, disaster resilience and climate  change adaptation. She was previously a senior executive at  the Australian Academy of Science.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1450741},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2428-6},
}