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This book examines the role of the private sector in emergency
management and how that role is changing through private sector
intersections with government, government agencies, and the public
sectors in all phases of emergency management. It particularly
focuses on the areas in which government regulations and guidelines
promote or encourage private sector involvement, and looks at best
practices for public-private partnerships as well as some of the
common pitfalls of the contracting model. The private sector now
plays a tremendous role in the creation of policies related to
emergency management and their implementation at the federal,
state, and local levels. The Private Sector's Role in Disasters:
Leveraging the Private Sector in Emergency Management explores some
of the challenges of implementing policies in the current
contracting model. It also compares emergency management to other
government services that have been privatized. Case studies of
recent disasters and examples of the privatization of some
emergency management functions are presented to illustrate how to
better plan for private sector involvement in future disasters.
Given the sometimes dysfunctional relationships that have emerged
from public-private partnerships in disaster situations, it is
important to analyze and improve principles and practices to work
toward more effective partnership. This book provides thoughtful
guidelines, recommendations, and best-practice approaches to
public-private development, implementation, and collaboration
throughout the disaster cycle. It gives focused directions for
cultivating public-private working relationships to make emergency
responses quicker and assistance more effective.
This book examines the role of the private sector in emergency
management and how that role is changing through private sector
intersections with government, government agencies, and the public
sectors in all phases of emergency management. It particularly
focuses on the areas in which government regulations and guidelines
promote or encourage private sector involvement, and looks at best
practices for public-private partnerships as well as some of the
common pitfalls of the contracting model. The private sector now
plays a tremendous role in the creation of policies related to
emergency management and their implementation at the federal,
state, and local levels. The Private Sector's Role in Disasters:
Leveraging the Private Sector in Emergency Management explores some
of the challenges of implementing policies in the current
contracting model. It also compares emergency management to other
government services that have been privatized. Case studies of
recent disasters and examples of the privatization of some
emergency management functions are presented to illustrate how to
better plan for private sector involvement in future disasters.
Given the sometimes dysfunctional relationships that have emerged
from public-private partnerships in disaster situations, it is
important to analyze and improve principles and practices to work
toward more effective partnership. This book provides thoughtful
guidelines, recommendations, and best-practice approaches to
public-private development, implementation, and collaboration
throughout the disaster cycle. It gives focused directions for
cultivating public-private working relationships to make emergency
responses quicker and assistance more effective.
This open access book explores the intersection of property law,
relocation, and resettlement processes in the United States and
among communities that grapple with migration as an adaptation
strategy. As communities face the prospect of relocating because of
rising seas, policy makers, disaster specialists, and community
leaders are scrambling to understand what adaptation pathways are
legally possible. While in its ideal application, law functions
blindly and without variation, the authors find that legal
contradictions come to bear on resettlement processes and place
certain communities further in harm’s way. This book will unearth
these contradictions in order to understand why successful
community-based resettlement has presented such a challenge to
communities that are experiencing land deterioration as a result of
climate change.
The Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management series
deals with a wide range of issues relating to global environmental
hazards, natural and man-made disasters, and approaches to disaster
risk reduction. As people and communities are the first and the
most important responders to disasters and environment-related
problems, this series aims to analyse critical field-based
mechanisms which link community, policy, and governance systems.
Justice, Equity and Emergency Management takes the principles
proposed in Disaster Recovery Through the Lens of Justice and
applies a justice and equity lens across all phases of emergency
management, focusing on key topics such as hazard mitigation,
emerging technologies, long-term recovery, and others. The authors
in this volume interrogate the applicability of the principles to
technological innovation, indigenous peoples, persons with access
and functional needs, agricultural disasters, and several other
contexts. It is our hope that this effort will lead us closer to
truly operationalizing and applying these principles in a way that
leads to systemic change and better outcomes.
This open access book explores the intersection of property law,
relocation, and resettlement processes in the United States and
among communities that grapple with migration as an adaptation
strategy. As communities face the prospect of relocating because of
rising seas, policy makers, disaster specialists, and community
leaders are scrambling to understand what adaptation pathways are
legally possible. While in its ideal application, law functions
blindly and without variation, the authors find that legal
contradictions come to bear on resettlement processes and place
certain communities further in harm’s way. This book will unearth
these contradictions in order to understand why successful
community-based resettlement has presented such a challenge to
communities that are experiencing land deterioration as a result of
climate change.
One of the four core phases of emergency management, hazard
mitigation is essential for reducing disaster effects on human
populations and making communities more resilient to the impacts of
hazards. Presenting an up-to-date look at the changing nature of
disasters, Natural Hazard Mitigation offers practical guidance on
the implementation and selection of hazard mitigation programs and
projects. Based on real-world applications, the book includes case
studies that present a thorough explanation of the various issues
involved. The contributors describe the value and potential of
mitigation efforts and explain how to convince public officials and
communities of that value. They also discuss how to better involve
the community and uniquely tailor solutions to regional and local
situations. The book begins with an overview of the history of
hazard mitigation with a focus on the Disaster Mitigation Act of
2000. It examines where hazard mitigation fits into emergency
management and addresses some of the challenges that can arise in
navigating the various intergovernmental relationships involved in
hazard mitigation. The remaining chapters explore: Public-private
partnerships for hazard mitigation at the local level The role
currently played by the private sector and how communities can best
make use of contractors How to maximize the use of the National
Flood Insurance Program and the Community Ratings System Risk
communications as a key component of encouraging hazard mitigation
Legal issues relevant to hazard mitigation Ways to actively engage
the community and how to advocate for hazard mitigation policy How
state and local governments can promote and fund mitigation without
utilizing federal dollars The challenges associated with volunteers
and how to best make use of this resource The area analysis as an
innovative means of addressing flood risk at the block or
neighborhood level The book includes learning objectives, key
terms, and end-of-chapter questions to enhance comprehension. It
concludes with a discussion of tools that local practitioners can
use and provides an appendix with additional links and resources.
This volume is an essential reference for both students and
professionals in the ongoing effort to better prepare communities
against the effects of natural hazards.
There has been increased attention to the topics of disaster
recovery and disaster resilience over the past several years,
particularly as catastrophic events such as Hurricane Katrina and
Superstorm Sandy have brought to light the increasing vulnerability
of so many communities. This manuscript brings together existing
research, along with policy analysis, in order to look at disaster
recovery through the lens of justice. This includes understanding
the mechanisms through which vulnerability is exacerbated, and the
extent to which the regulations and agency cultures drive this
outcome. While existing analyses have sought to understand the
particular characteristics of both resilient and vulnerable
communities, there have been few attempts to understand the
systemic inequities and injustice that is built into United States
disaster policies, programs, and legislation. This manuscript thus
begins from the understanding that social and economic structures,
including land use policies and historic practices such as
redlining, have concentrated hazard risk into vulnerable zones
whose inhabitants do not benefit from the very policies that create
and increase their risk.
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