Disaster and Development Examining Global Issues and Cases [Hardcover]

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.

I- Risk Reduction and Policy Learning

1.??????? Disasters, Development and Resilience: Exploring the Need for Risk Reduction and Capacity Building

2.??????? Focusing Events in Disasters and Development

3.??????? Linking Development to Disasters in Turkey: Moving forward after the Marmara Earthquake

4.??????? Disaster Management System in Azerbaijan: The Case of 2010 Kura River Flood

5.??????? Whats Been Done?? Louisiana after Katrina

6.??????? Disaster Events and Policy Change in Florida

7.??????? Beyond the Hyogo Framework: Disaster Management in the Republic of Lebanon

8.??????? How about this new title?; Disaster Policies Management in Korea

II- Disaster Resilience and Capacity Building

9.??????? Disasters, the Whole Community, and Development as Capacity Building

10.???? Finding Resilient Networks: Measuring Resilience in Post-Extreme Event Reconstruction Missions

11.???? The Role of Natural Functions in Shaping Community Resiliency to Floods

12.???? Hazard Mitigation, Economic Development and Resilience: A Comparative Anall#.