This book looks at various aspects of the current legal, policy and fiscal framework for disaster management and its current effects on local capacity building and recommends systemic reform. The authors argue that resources should be used more efficiently and with more flexibility in order to promote local self-reliance and increased resilience. The book presents evidence-based options for policy makers at all levels of government to envision and implement alternative approaches that meet the increasing challenges of the 21st century.
This book looks at various aspects of the current legal, policy and fiscal framework for disaster management and its current effects on local capacity building and recommends systemic reform. The authors argue that resources should be used more efficiently and with more flexibility in order to promote local self-reliance and increased resilience. The book presents evidence-based options for policy makers at all levels of government to envision and implement alternative approaches that meet the increasing challenges of the 21st century.
Amy LePore is President of Anthem Planning, LLC and past President of the Maryland Emergency Management Association. In 2015 she earned a Ph.D. in Urban Affairs and Public Policy from the University of Delaware, U.S.A. Her research specialization is in federalism, dependence, and emergency management.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures List of Tables About the Contributors Acknowledgments 1 The Centralization of Emergency Management AMY LEPORE SECTION I Legislation 2 Intents and Outcomes for Local Businesses in Post-Disaster Contracting under the Stafford Act CHRISTOPHER L. ATKINSON 3 Revising Federal Disaster Management Policy: Establishing an Officer in Charge MARC LANDY AND JESSICA GOLEY 4 Assisting Individuals with Access and Functional Needs: The Intersection of Disabilities, Planning and Disaster Policy MELISSA PINKE, STACEY MANN, AND ELIZABETH TODAK SECTION II Policy 5 Local Recovery: How Robust Community Rebound Necessarily Comes from the Bottom Up EMILY CHAMLEE-WRIGHT, STEFANIE HAEFFELE-BALCH, AND VIRGIL HENRY STORR 6 Small Businesses as a Vulnerable Population MARK R. LANDAHL AND TONYA T. NEAVES 7 Managing Human Capital in Times of Crisis: The Role of Employees in Disaster Management STACEY C. MANN AND JONATHAN W. GADDY SECTION III Finance 8 Major Disasters and Private Financing PETE VLOEDMAN 9 Financial Resiliency by Local Governments to Natural Disasters ROBERT BLAND, JESSECA E. SHORT, AND SIMON A. ANDREW 10 The Effects of Natural Disasters on Local-Government Finance ORKHAN ISMAYILOV AND SIMON A. ANDREW Index
List of Figures List of Tables About the Contributors Acknowledgments 1 The Centralization of Emergency Management AMY LEPORE SECTION I Legislation 2 Intents and Outcomes for Local Businesses in Post-Disaster Contracting under the Stafford Act CHRISTOPHER L. ATKINSON 3 Revising Federal Disaster Management Policy: Establishing an Officer in Charge MARC LANDY AND JESSICA GOLEY 4 Assisting Individuals with Access and Functional Needs: The Intersection of Disabilities, Planning and Disaster Policy MELISSA PINKE, STACEY MANN, AND ELIZABETH TODAK SECTION II Policy 5 Local Recovery: How Robust Community Rebound Necessarily Comes from the Bottom Up EMILY CHAMLEE-WRIGHT, STEFANIE HAEFFELE-BALCH, AND VIRGIL HENRY STORR 6 Small Businesses as a Vulnerable Population MARK R. LANDAHL AND TONYA T. NEAVES 7 Managing Human Capital in Times of Crisis: The Role of Employees in Disaster Management STACEY C. MANN AND JONATHAN W. GADDY SECTION III Finance 8 Major Disasters and Private Financing PETE VLOEDMAN 9 Financial Resiliency by Local Governments to Natural Disasters ROBERT BLAND, JESSECA E. SHORT, AND SIMON A. ANDREW 10 The Effects of Natural Disasters on Local-Government Finance ORKHAN ISMAYILOV AND SIMON A. ANDREW Index
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