Designing Knowledge Economies for Disaster Resilience : Case Studies from the African Diaspora / / edited by Pamela Waldron-Moore

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910774595503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Berghahn Books, , [2024]; ©2024
• ISBN: 1-80539-400-2; 1-80539-171-2
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 pages)
• Collana: Catastrophes in Context Series ; ; Volume 7
• Disciplina: 658.4038
• Soggetti: Knowledge economy - Developing countries; Economic development - Environmental aspects - Developing countries; Natural disasters - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Natural disasters - Planning - Developing countries; African diaspora
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Knowledge Production for Disaster Recovery -- Chapter 2 - Conceptual Framework: Knowledge Capital in the African Diaspora -- Chapter 3 - Louisiana: Collaborative Energies and Post-disaster Solutions -- Chapter 4 - Haiti: Building Social Capital through Media Connectivity -- Chapter 5 - Rwanda: Sociocultural Practices for Resilience and Recovery -- Chapter 6 - Sankofa: A Model of Sustainable Development -- Chapter 7 - Epilogue: Post-disaster Solutions for Development -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- 10 index Waldron-Moore.
• Sommario/riassunto: Disaster research has been studied from many angles, seldom targeting its implications for vulnerable territories in Africa. Entities most subject to the effects of climate change are often undeveloped and located in disadvantaged regions. Post-disaster communities need to scrutinize the social, political, economic, and cultural structures that stagnate sustainable growth. Acknowledging that low economic development and high climate costs cannot coexist, this collected volume ; interrogates the challenge for disaster-prone territories to determine strategies for restructuring and redesigning their environment. This book proposes the creation of knowledge economies, whereby empowered communities may produce innovative knowledge translatable across the African diaspora.