Christopher L Atkinson

Toward Resilient Communities

Examining the Impacts of Local Governments in Disasters

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how local government institutions affect pre- and post-disaster community and business resilience. Utilizing both survey methods and interviews, Atkinson analyzes the disasters that occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, Palm Beach County, Florida, and Minot, North Dakota. Relevant to scholars of public administration, disaster researchers, and government officials, this book contributes to a growing literature on community and business resilience. It explores not just the devastation of natural disasters, but profiles governmental impacts that led to responsive and able processes in the face of disaster.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415658034
• ISBN-10: 0415658039
• Artikelnr.: 39147777

Autorenporträt

Christopher L. Atkinson has taught courses in the School of Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. He received his PhD from Florida Atlantic University. His research interests include public management and policy studies, neo-institutionalism, regulation, and emergency management.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. Local Government Impacts on Resilience in Disaster. 2.
Resilience, Vulnerability, and Neo-institutionalism. 3. Local Government
Institutions in Disaster: Context and Complexity. 4. Public Procurement and
Economic Development at the Local Level. 5. The New Orleans Region and
Hurricane Katrina. 6. Palm Beach County and Hurricane Wilma. 7. Minot,
North Dakota and the Mouse River Flood. 8. Toward Resilient Communities:
Coming to Terms with the Threat.