The capacity crisis in disaster risk management [electronic resource] : why disaster management capacity remains low in developing countries and what can be done / by Asmita Tiwari.
2015
HV551.5.D44
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Title
The capacity crisis in disaster risk management [electronic resource] : why disaster management capacity remains low in developing countries and what can be done / by Asmita Tiwari.
Author
Tiwari, Asmita, author.
ISBN
9783319094052 electronic book
331909405X electronic book
9783319094045
331909405X electronic book
9783319094045
Published
Cham : Springer, [2015].
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 218 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-09405-2 doi
Call Number
HV551.5.D44
Dewey Decimal Classification
353.9/5
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 11, 2015).
Series
Environmental hazards.
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Print version: 9783319094045
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