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Record Nr. |
UNINA9910459623603321 |
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Titolo |
Community disaster recovery and resiliency : exploring global opportunities and challenges / / edited by DeMond Shondell Miller, Jason David Rivera |
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Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2011 |
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0-429-25020-7 |
1-282-90246-6 |
9786612902468 |
1-4200-8823-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (628 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MillerDeMond Shondell <1973-> |
RiveraJason David <1983-> |
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Disciplina |
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Disaster relief - Citizen participation |
Disaster relief - Economic aspects |
Emergency management |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editors; Contributors; Introduction: The UniqueOpportunities andChallenges from a Social Scientific Perspective; Part I: Opportunities Iand Challengesfor Building aCommunity-Based Institutional Infrastructure; Chapter 1: Disaster Preparednessamong Community-Based Organizations inthe City and County ofSan Francisco: Serving the Most Vulnerable; Chapter 2: Safe Schools forthe Community:A Case and Tool for Disaster-Proof Schools |
Chapter 3: Opportunities andChallenges of BatteredWomen's Shelters in the Aftermath of a DisasterPart II: Opportunities and Challengesfor Social and Cultural Revitalization; Chapter 4: Disaster Resilience:Exploring All Hazardsand Cross-Cultural Perspectives; Chapter 5: Community Resiliencein New Orleans East:Deploying the CulturalToolkit within a Vietnamese American Community; Chapter 6: Social Capital after a Disaster: A Case Studyof the 2008 Flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; |
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Part III: Opportunities and Challenges for Economic Recovery |
Chapter 7: Natural Disasters,Climate Change,and Recovery: TheSustainability Question in Post-Ivan GrenadaChapter 8: InformationCommodificationand Social Capital in Local Street Markets; Chapter 9: Role of Information and CommunicationTechnologies in DisasterRehabilitation inAgriculture and Ecotourism:Bukit Lawang, Indonesia; Part IV: Opportunities and Challengesfor Public Health and Safety; Chapter 10: The Irrawaddy Crisis:Myanmar and CycloneNargis-Challenges and Opportunities for Change; Chapter 11: Challenge of theWorried Well in theEvent of a Pandemic or Terrorist Attack |
Chapter 12: Aborigines' and MigrantSettlers' Crisis andReconstruction Efforts inTwo Yoruba Communities in Southwestern NigeriaChapter 13: An Assault on theCommunity's Fabric:Tragedy, Challenges,and Opportunities of School Shootings; Part V: Opportunities Vand Challenges for Housing and Housing Policy; Chapter 14: Housing Reconstructionin Post-Mitch Nicaragua:Two Case Studies fromthe Communities of San Dionisio and Ocotal; Chapter 15: Housing Reconstructionin Tamil Nadu: TheDisaster after the Tsunami in India; Chapter 16: Building Earthquake-Resilient Communities |
Part VI: Opportunities and Challengesfor Public -PrivatePartnerships in the Twenty-First CenturyChapter 17: Bridging the Public-PrivatePartnership in Disaster Management in Bangladesh; Chapter 18: Building Disaster-Resilient Communities:The Public-Private Partnership Approach; Chapter 19: Patterns of Public-Private Partnershipin CommunityReconstruction: The Caseof Taiwan after the Chi-Chi Earthquake; Part VII: Opportunities and Challenges for Disaster Mitigation |
Chapter 20: How Nations Should Develop DisasterPlans for Mitigation,Preparedness, Response,and Recovery: LessonsLearned from Major International Disasters |
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Once again nature's fury has taken a toll in pain, suffering, and lives lost. In recognition of the need for a rapid and appropriate response, CRC Press will donate 5 to the American Red Cross for every copy of Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency: Exploring Global Opportunities and Challenges sold. In the past, societies would learn from disasters and move the location of their urban development to safer areas, allowing naturally occurring ecosystems to maintain themselves and for societies to exist symbiotically with the environment. These days, however, it |
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Record Nr. |
UNISA996387199303316 |
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Autore |
D'Avenant William, Sir, <1606-1668.> |
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Luminalia, or The festivall of light [[electronic resource] ] : Personated in a masque at court, by the Queenes Majestie, and her ladies. On Shrovetuesday night, 1637 |
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London, : Printed by Iohn Haviland for Thomas Walkley, and are to be sold at his shop at the flying Horse neere Yorke house, 1637 [i.e. 1638] |
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By Sir William D'Avenant. |
"The performance was on 6 Feb. 1638, and the dates on the title therefore follow the legal reckoning"--Greg. |
Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
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