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Community Revival in the Wake of Disaster - Lessons in Local Entrepreneurship (Paperback, 1st ed. 2014)
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Community Revival in the Wake of Disaster - Lessons in Local Entrepreneurship (Paperback, 1st ed. 2014)
Series: Perspectives from Social Economics
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Rebounding after disasters like tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes,
and floods can be daunting. Communities must have residents who can
not only gain access to the resources that they need to rebuild but
who can also overcome the collective action problem that
characterizes post-disaster relief efforts. Community Revival in
the Wake of Disaster argues that entrepreneurs, conceived broadly
as individuals who recognize and act on opportunities to promote
social change, fill this critical role. Using examples of recovery
efforts following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana, and
Hurricane Sandy on the Rockaway Peninsula in New York, the authors
demonstrate how entrepreneurs promote community recovery by
providing necessary goods and services, restoring and replacing
disrupted social networks, and signaling that community rebound is
likely and, in fact, underway. They argue that creating space for
entrepreneurs to act after disasters is essential for promoting
recovery and fostering resilient communities.
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