Resilience in the Pacific and the Caribbean

Name: Resilience in the Pacific and the Caribbean
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Resilience in the Pacific and the CaribbeanThe Local Construction of Disaster Risk Reduction\nAuthor(s): Simon Hollis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367076283, 978-0367076283\nSynopsis\nThis 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.\n\nGlobal 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 becau.