Handbook of Disaster Policies and Institutions by John Handme... - 9781849713504

Taylor & Francis

Handbook of Disaster Policies and InstitutionsImproving Emergency Management and Climate Change Adaptation\nAuthor(s): John Handmer, Stephen Dovers\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Earthscan Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781849713504, 978-1849713504\nSynopsis\nDisasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsuited to the emerging scales of the problems they confront, and the lack of institutional capacity to implement planning and prevention or to manage disasters. This book seeks to overcome this mismatch and to guide development of a more strategic policy and institutional framework. \n\nThis updated and revised second edition includes new coverage of climate change adaptation, which has rapidly become central to disaster and emergenc.