The Capacity Crisis in Disaster Risk Management Why disaster managem
How can a place be built and managed so that it is safe for people to live? Ironically, many governments and citizens keep on asking the same question after every new disaster. Why, even with high levels of investment in increasing government’s capacity t
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Asmita Tiwari
The Capacity Crisis in Disaster Risk Management Why disaster management capacity remains low in developing countries and what can be done
Environmental Hazards Series editor Thomas A. Birkland
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Asmita Tiwari
The Capacity Crisis in Disaster Risk Management Why disaster management capacity remains low in developing countries and what can be done
Asmita Tiwari Rockefeller College of Public Administration and Policy University at Albany Albany, NY, USA
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Preface
Imagine a scenario. A powerful earthquake shook many cities and rural areas of a developing country. Thousands of people are killed—trapped in their houses, offices, schools, hospitals, and shops, which have been reduced to rubbles. A majority of citizens are traumatized after losing their loved ones and entire life’s assets. Massive aid flows in. National and state governments, charity organizations, private sector, citizens, international and national aid agencies donate generously in the
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