Case Studies in Disaster Recovery: A Volume in the Disaster and Emergency Management: Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovation Series

by Elsevier Science

Overview

Case Studies in Disaster Recovery, the initial release in the Disaster and Emergency Management: Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovation series, explores recovery from a number of perspectives: household, community and nation. Chapters cover the concept of social vulnerability to explain/predict recovery outcomes, consider broader themes of sustainability, assess community vulnerability and capacity, and explore the challenges associated with long-term recovery and disaster case management. Cases explored illustrate the ways in which communities and governments used the window of opportunity after a disaster to make changes that reduce future risk and vulnerability. Included cases illustrate the diversity of change realized in communities following disasters.

• Presents in-depth cases studies in disaster recovery - a phase of disaster management
• Unites practice and research from multiple disciplines to highlight the complexity of disasters mitigation, including environmental and earth sciences, engineering, public health, geography, sociology and anthropology
• Examines policy and ethical dilemmas faced by decision-makers in disaster situations

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128095362
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	12/02/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Jane Kushma is a Professor Emerita of Emergency Management and Director of the Center for Disaster and Community Resilience at Jacksonville State University in Alabama. She has been involved in the design and delivery of emergency management higher education programs and curriculum development for several universities for nearly 30 years. Prior to joining academia, she worked for the American Red Cross and was responsible for nationwide catastrophic disaster planning and preparedness and supported the development of the first federal response plan. Her research interests include disaster recovery and resilience, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Table of Contents

I. Series Introduction, Series Editors Jean Slick and Jane Kushma

II. Disaster Recovery, Jane Kushma, PhD a. State-of-the-Practice Knowledge and Competencies (as associated with the specific dimension of practice that is the focus of the text) b. Overview of Cases

III. Thematic Organization of Cases – 2-4 groupings of cases

IV. Volume Conclusion, Jane Kushma, PhD Topics Covered: Long-term disaster recovery Disaster case management Recovery as tool for reducing future risk vulnerability Cyclone/Hurricane Flood Landslide Post-earthquake disaster recovery