More with Less: Disasters in an Era of Diminishing Resources

by Kevin M. Cahill (Editor), H.E. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (Foreword by)

Overview

Natural and human-made disasters are increasing around the world. Hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts, and resultant famine, floods, and armed conflicts are constant reminders of the frailty of our human race. Global warming may cause whole island states to be submerged as the oceans rise. In the past these acute and recurring crises have been met by the international community responding to UN and
media appeals. The economic collapse of nations is now a reality; some of those most affected had been traditional, generous donors to disaster relief operations. It is unlikely—probably impossible—that they will be
able to continue to contribute overseas when their own domestic needs are unmet.

A recent New York Times front page report suggested that one of the few domestic issues to have bipartisan support was to cut the foreign aid budget. This book analyzes the global economic forecast and the United
Nations pattern of philanthropy, provides a case study of how one nation with a tradition of giving will cope in the face of a marked reduction in flexible funds and then provides thoughtful chapters on new approaches
to disaster preparedness and disaster response.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823260713
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	09/01/2013
Series:	International Humanitarian Affairs
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	180
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., (1936-2022) was University Professor and Director at the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs at Fordham University and the President of the Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation in New York City. He was also a Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine and Molecular Parasitology at New York University and Director of the Tropical Disease Center at Lenox Hill Hospital. He served as the Chief Advisor on Humanitarian and Public Health Issues for three Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly and for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. His career in tropical medicine and humanitarian operations began in Calcutta in 1959; he carried out medical, relief, and epidemiological research in 70 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He wrote or edited 33 books, translated into many languages, and more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals on subjects ranging from public health and tropical diseases to humanitarian assistance, foreign affairs, Irish literature, and history. He held numerous Honorary Doctorates from universities around the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Acknowledgments XV

List of Abbreviations xvii

Introduction Kevin M. Cahill, M.D. 1

Preparedness

Globalization, Growth, Poverty, Governance, and Humanitarian Assistance Dominick Salvatore 11

WFP: Organizational Maintenance in Uncertain Times Masood Hyder 34

Disasters-A Nation's Experience in an Economic Recession Ronan Murphy 50

What Can Modern Society Learn from Indigenous Resiliency? Margareta Wahlstrom 70

Response

Providing for the Most Vulnerable in the Twenty-First Century Flavia Bustreo, M.D. 77

Noncommunicable Diseases and the New Global Health Thomas J. Bollyky 95

Humanitarian Response in the Era of Global Mobile Information Technology Valerie Amos 110

Disasters and the Media Jeremy Toye 123

Toward a Culture of Safety and Resilience Irina Bokova 142

Education and Disaster Management Kevin M. Cahill Alexander van Tulleken 160

Entrepreneurial Approaches

Capitalizing on Travel and Tourism in Preparing for Trouble Richard Gordon 175

Business in an Age of Emergency Richard Branson 198

An Afghan Media Tale Thomas Freston 214

Terror, Transformed: A Financier's Journey into Social Entrepreneurship Michael Pollack 229

Notes 249

List of Contributors 263

The Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation and the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs 267

Index 269