Resilience in the Pacific and the Caribbean - The Local Construction of Disaster Risk Reduction (Hardcover)

This book critically examines the global diffusion and local reception of resilience through the implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programmes in Pacific and Caribbean island states. Global efforts to strengthen local disaster resilience capacities have become a staple of international development activity in recent decades, yet the successful implementation of DRR projects designed to strengthen local resilience remains elusive. While there are pockets of success, a gap remains between global expectations and local realities. Through a critical realist study of global and local worldviews of resilience in the Pacific and Caribbean islands, this book argues that the global advocacy of DRR remains inadequate because of a failure to prioritise a person-orientated ethics in its conceptualization of disaster resilience. This regional comparison provides a valuable lens to understand the underlying social structures that makes resilience possible and the extent to which local governments, communities and persons interpret and modify their behaviour on risk when faced with the global message on resilience. This book will be of much interest to students of resilience, risk management, development studies, and area studies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Resilience
Release date:	October 2020
First published:	2021
Authors:	Simon Hollis
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	206
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-07628-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General
LSN:	0-367-07628-4
Barcode:	9780367076283

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