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Disaster and Development

Examining Global Issues and Cases

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Editors:
  1. Naim Kapucu

    1. School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

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  2. Kuotsai Tom Liou

    1. School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

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  • Closely examines the concepts of disasters and sustainable economic development as they are applied around the world
  • Sheds light on how communities can boost their ability to respond to and recover from disasters
  • Provides guidelines that are broadly applicable to a variety of circumstances, disasters and geographic regions
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Environmental Hazards (ENHA)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Recovery, Development, and Collaborative Emergency Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 315-315
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    2. The Role of Nonprofits and Civil Society in Post-disaster Recovery and Development

      • Fatih Demiroz, Qian Hu
      Pages 317-330

    3. California Seismic Safety Commission: Multi-disciplinary Collaboration for Seismic Safety Mitigation

      • Frances L. Edwards, Daniel C. Goodrich
      Pages 331-350

    4. Multi-sector Partnerships in Disaster Housing Recovery: An Examination of Housing Development Approaches in India

      • Simon A. Andrew, Sudha Arlikatti
      Pages 351-369

    5. Re-Development, Recovery and Mitigation After the 2010 Catastrophic Floods: The Pakistani Experience

      • Sana Khosa
      Pages 371-389

    6. Community-Based Recovery and Development in Tohoku, Japan

      • Rajib Shaw
      Pages 391-409

    7. The Impact of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake on Disaster Policies and Development

      • Abdul Akeem Sadiq
      Pages 411-425

    8. Post-Wenchuan Earthquake Reconstruction and Development in China

      • Ping Xu, Xiaoli Lu, Kelvin Zuo, Huan Zhang
      Pages 427-445

    9. Disasters and Development: Lessons and Implications from Global Cases and Issue

      • Kuotsai Tom Liou, Naim Kapucu
      Pages 447-457

  2. Back Matter

    Pages 459-469
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About this book

This book offers a systematic, empirical examination of the concepts of disasters and sustainable economic development applied to many cases around the world. It presents comprehensive coverage of the complex and dynamic relationship between disaster and development, making a vital contribution to the literature on disaster management, disaster resilience and sustainable development. The book collects twenty-three chapters, examining theoretical issues and investigating practical cases on policy, governance, and lessons learned in dealing with different types of disasters (e.g., earthquakes, floods and hurricanes) in twenty countries and communities around the world.

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“Naim Kapucu and Kuotsai Tom Liou’s Disaster and Development: Examining Global Issues and Cases is a welcome addition to a growing body of literature exploring practices in emergency management worldwide. … The volume is ideal for advanced courses in emergency management and disaster studies or as a reference on the diversity of international approaches to recent disasters.” (Jessica Bonnan-White, Natural Hazards Observer, Vol. XXXIX (3), January, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

    Naim Kapucu, Kuotsai Tom Liou

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Disaster and Development

  • Book Subtitle: Examining Global Issues and Cases

  • Editors: Naim Kapucu, Kuotsai Tom Liou

  • Series Title: Environmental Hazards

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04468-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04467-5Published: 28 April 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35665-5Published: 03 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04468-2Published: 11 April 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2542-9787

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-9795

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 469

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Natural Hazards, Environmental Management, Sustainable Development

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