Disaster Vulnerability, Hazards and Resilience Perspectives from Flo
This monograph provides valuable lessons in building disaster resilience for rural communities and beyond. With a focus on Florida, the authors present a comprehensive review of the current debates surrounding the study of resilience, from federal framewo
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Fernando I. Rivera Naim Kapucu
Disaster Vulnerability, Hazards and Resilience Perspectives from Florida
Environmental Hazards Series editor Thomas A. Birkland
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8583
Fernando I. Rivera • Naim Kapucu
Disaster Vulnerability, Hazards and Resilience Perspectives from Florida
Fernando I. Rivera Department of Sociology University of Central Florida Orlando, FL, USA
Naim Kapucu School of Public Administration University of Central Florida Orlando, FL, USA
Environmental Hazards ISBN 978-3-319-16452-6 ISBN 978-3-319-16453-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16453-3
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Dedicated to Fernando: wife Lymari, and children Ernesto, Mariana, and Daniela as they are my guiding light and inspiration. Special dedication also goes to my mother, who unexpectedly passed away while I was writing this book. Naim: wife Ayşegül and children Emre, Selim, and Yusuf We also want to dedicate this book to all emergency personnel who are at the forefront of building resilient communities. Finally, we dedicate this book to all underserved and vulnerable groups; we hope this book provides them with a voice and a place at the table as we strive to continue to build disaster-resilient communities.
Foreword
Increasing exposure to hazards and increasing social and economic vulnerability are raising the specter of catastrophic disaster in the United States. Florida is the perfect example as hurricanes and other forms of severe weather, drought and wildfire, agricultural and human diseases, the threat of foreign and domestic terrorism, and other natural and unnatural hazards are increasing the risk to life
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