Title: Capitalizing on Catastrophe
Description: "In Capitalizing on Catastrophe an international group of scholars and professionals critically examine how local communities around the world have prepared for and responded to recent cataclysms. The book's principal focus is the increasing trend to rely on the private sector to deal with natural disasters and other forms of large-scale devastation, from hurricanes and tsunamis to civil wars and industrial accidents." --Book Jacket.
Subjects: Disaster relief, Humanitarian assistance, Natural disasters, Globalization, Charities, Capitalism, Economic aspects, Social aspects