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Disaster Management and Private Sectors - Challenges and Potentials (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
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Disaster Management and Private Sectors - Challenges and Potentials (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Series: Disaster Risk Reduction
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This book draws upon case studies and practices of different types
of DRR involvement by the private sector from all over the world.
The book comprises two parts, Part I: Overview and Regional Cases;
and Part II: Country Cases. The regional cases include those from
Africa, Asia, Europe, and Central America, and the country cases
include ones from India, Japan, the United States, Vietnam,
Thailand, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Nepal. DRR at the international
level is discussed from the perspective of the United Nations
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). The
perspective of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is
presented in the discussion of DRR at the societal level. The
private sector is becoming more active in disaster management and
plays an important role in distributing relief items and sending
search and rescue teams in the response phase. However, once the
response stage is over, private sector involvement tends to fade.
While a number of disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives by the
private sector are documented, they remain limited. The private
sector can contribute enormously to DRR by developing business
continuity plans, innovating technology for early warning systems,
and providing and sharing technical knowledge, skills, and
resources in the field of disaster preparedness. To strengthen DRR
capacity, it is crucial to involve the private sector as major
actors in DRR. The primary target groups for this book are students
and researchers in the fields of disaster management and DRR
studies. Another target group comprises practitioners and policy
makers, who will be able to apply the collective knowledge from
this work to policy and decision making. The book provides an
overview of the current research trends and furnishes basic
knowledge on this important topic.
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