Disaster resilience
Subtitle: a national imperative
By: Committee on Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, The National Academies
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780309261500
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Emergency management; Relief Work; Law and legislation; Disaster Planning; Organization & administration; Prevention & control; Public Policy; Psychological Resilience; Disasters; Disaster relief
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 244).
Table of contents: title: The nation's agenda for disaster resilience; title: The foundation for building a resilient nation : understanding, managing, and reducing disaster risks; title: Making the case for resilience investments : the scope of the challenge; title: Measuring progress toward resilience; title: Building local capacity and accelerating progress : resilience from the bottom up; title: The landscape of resilience policy : resilience from the top down; title: Putting the pieces together : linking communities and governance to guide national resilience; title: Building a more resilient nation : the path forward.