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UNINA9910793413303321 |
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Building and measuring community resilience : actions for communities and the Gulf Research Program / / Committee on Measuring Community Resilience |
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Washington, DC : , : The National Academies Press, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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0-309-48975-X |
0-309-48973-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (153 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Building - Technological innovations |
Construction industry |
United States Gulf States |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Evaluation of existing resilience measurement efforts -- Ground truthing how communities measure resilience -- For communities : actions for building and measuring community resilience -- For the Gulf Research Program : ways forward for building and measuring community resilience in the Gulf Region. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The frequency and severity of disasters over the last few decades have presented unprecedented challenges for communities across the United States. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina exposed the complexity and breadth of a deadly combination of existing community stressors, aging infrastructure, and a powerful natural hazard. In many ways, the devastation of Hurricane Katrina was a turning point for understanding and managing disasters, as well as related plan making and policy formulation. It brought the phrase "community resilience" into the lexicon of disaster management. Building and Measuring Community Resilience: Actions for Communities and the Gulf Research Program summarizes the existing portfolio of relevant or related resilience measurement efforts and notes gaps and challenges associated with them. It describes how some communities build and measure resilience |
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