Handbook of Disaster Policies and Institutions: Improving Emergency Management and Climate Change Adaptation

ISBN-13: 9781849713511 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 216 str.

John Handmer

Opis

This edition includes whole new sections on climate change adaptation - now a vital part of the work of disaster and emergency planning and management. This is an essential handbook for practitioners across the world seeking to improve the quality, robustness and capacity of their disaster management mechanisms.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Constructing the Problem  1. The Nature of Emergencies and Disasters  2. The Nature of Policy and Institutions Part 2: 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  Part 3: Constructing the Future  9. Future Prospects

O autorze

John Handmer is Innovation Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, Adjunct Professor at The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, and Visiting Professor, Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University, UK.

Stephen Dovers is Professor and Director at The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University and Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Australia.

Both authors are affiliated with the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre in Australia.