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Designing resilience : preparing for extreme events / edited by Louise K. Comfort, Arjen Boin, and Chris C. Demchak.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (x, 349 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822973706
  • 0822973707
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Designing resilience : preparing for extreme events.DDC classification:
  • 363.34/7 22
LOC classification:
  • HV551.2 .D47 2010
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Contents:
The rise of resilience / Arjen Boin, Louise K. Comfort, and Chris C. Demchak -- Resilience : exploring the concept and its meanings / Mark de Bruijne, Arjen Boin, and Michel van Eeten -- Designing adaptive systems for disaster mitigation and response : the role of structure / Louise K. Comfort, Namkyung Oh, Gunes Ertan, and Steve Scheinert -- Lessons from the military : surprise, resilience, and the Atrium model / Chris C. Demchak -- Building resilience : macrodynamic constraints on governmental response to crises / Alasdair Roberts -- Federal disaster policy : learning, priorities, and prospects for resilience / Thomas A. Birkland -- Designing resilience : leadership challenges in complex administrative systems / Arjen Boin -- Rapid adaptation to threat : the London bombings of July 7, 2005 / David Alexander -- The Price of resilience : contrasting the theoretical ideal-type with organizational reality / Michel van Eeten, Arjen Boin, and Mark de Bruijne -- Planning for catastrophe : how France Is preparing for the Avian flu and what it means for resilience / Claude Gilbert -- The limits of self-reliance : international cooperation as a source of resilience / Mark Rhinard and Bengt Sundelius -- International disaster resilience : preparing for transnational disaster / Thomas W. Haase -- Designing resilient systems : integrating science, technology, and policy in international risk reduction / Hui Ling, Taieb Znati, and Louise K. Comfort -- Resilience revisited : an action agenda for managing extreme events / Louise K. Comfort, Arjen Boin, and Chris C. Demchak.
Summary: Designing Resilience presents case studies of extreme events and analyzes the ability of affected individuals, institutions, governments, and technological systems to cope with disaster. Individual case studies, including Hurricane Katrina in the United States, the London bombings, and French preparedness for the Avian flu, are analyzed to determine effective and ineffective strategies.-- Publisher description.
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The rise of resilience / Arjen Boin, Louise K. Comfort, and Chris C. Demchak -- Resilience : exploring the concept and its meanings / Mark de Bruijne, Arjen Boin, and Michel van Eeten -- Designing adaptive systems for disaster mitigation and response : the role of structure / Louise K. Comfort, Namkyung Oh, Gunes Ertan, and Steve Scheinert -- Lessons from the military : surprise, resilience, and the Atrium model / Chris C. Demchak -- Building resilience : macrodynamic constraints on governmental response to crises / Alasdair Roberts -- Federal disaster policy : learning, priorities, and prospects for resilience / Thomas A. Birkland -- Designing resilience : leadership challenges in complex administrative systems / Arjen Boin -- Rapid adaptation to threat : the London bombings of July 7, 2005 / David Alexander -- The Price of resilience : contrasting the theoretical ideal-type with organizational reality / Michel van Eeten, Arjen Boin, and Mark de Bruijne -- Planning for catastrophe : how France Is preparing for the Avian flu and what it means for resilience / Claude Gilbert -- The limits of self-reliance : international cooperation as a source of resilience / Mark Rhinard and Bengt Sundelius -- International disaster resilience : preparing for transnational disaster / Thomas W. Haase -- Designing resilient systems : integrating science, technology, and policy in international risk reduction / Hui Ling, Taieb Znati, and Louise K. Comfort -- Resilience revisited : an action agenda for managing extreme events / Louise K. Comfort, Arjen Boin, and Chris C. Demchak.

Designing Resilience presents case studies of extreme events and analyzes the ability of affected individuals, institutions, governments, and technological systems to cope with disaster. Individual case studies, including Hurricane Katrina in the United States, the London bombings, and French preparedness for the Avian flu, are analyzed to determine effective and ineffective strategies.-- Publisher description.

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