Resilience in the Pacific and the Caribbean: The Local Construction of Disaster Risk Reduction

ISBN-13: 9780367076283 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 206 str.

Simon Hollis

Opis

This book critically examines the global diffusion and local reception of resilience through the implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programmes in Pacific and Caribbean island states.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Theoretical Framework  2. The Future Present: A Global Worldview of Disaster Resilience  3. The Future Past: Disaster Resilience in the Pacific  4. The Present Future: Disaster Resilience in the Caribbean  5. Being Resilient  6. A Personalist Ethics of Resilience  Conclusion

O autorze

Simon Hollis is Associate Professor in Crisis Management and International Coordination at the Swedish Defence University.