Bottom-up responses to crisis / Stefanie Haeffele, Virgil Henry Storr, editors.
2020
HV551.2
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Title
Bottom-up responses to crisis / Stefanie Haeffele, Virgil Henry Storr, editors.
ISBN
9783030393120
3030393127
3030393127
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Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (160 pages).
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HV551.2
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.348
Summary
Crises occur in all societies across world, and can be natural (such as hurricanes, flooding, and earthquakes), man-made (such as wars and economic downturns), or, often, a combination of both (such as famines, the flooding of New Orleans in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina and subsequent levy failures, and the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011). Crises cause fatalities, injuries, and property damages as well as introduce uncertainty and challenges for individuals, societies, and polities. Yet, we see individuals and communities rebounding effectively from crises all the time. How do communities go about returning to normalcy and beginning again the mundane life of every day affairs? This edited volume looks at bottom-up responses to crises. The chapters in this volume will highlight the ingenuity and persistence of individuals and private organizations as well as discuss the possibilities, limitations, and adaptability of bottom-up responses. It argues that there are many ways that local leaders, entrepreneurs, and community members can play a role in their own recovery by examining the capabilities, feedback mechanisms, and network effects of decentralized crisis response and recovery efforts. Chapters will focus on the role of local emergency managers in the disaster management process and offer suggestions for reform and the role of businesses, citizens, and children in providing crisis response and recovery. This book will also consider theories of self-governance and nonviolent action in encouraging and sustaining bottom-up recovery.
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Haeffele, Stefanie.
Storr, Virgil Henry, 1975-
Storr, Virgil Henry, 1975-
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Mercatus studies in political and social economy.
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