The future of disaster management in the U.S. rethinking legislation, policy, and finance /
"U.S. congressional debates over the last few years have highlighted a paradox: although research demonstrates that emergencies are most effectively managed at the local level, fiscal support and programmatic management in response to disasters has shifted to the federal level. While the growin...
| Other Authors: | LePore, Amy, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2017.
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| Physical Description: |
xiv, 244 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series: |
Public administration and public policy.
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Table of Contents:
- The centralization of emergency management / Amy LePore
- Intents and outcomes for local businesses in post-disaster contracting under the Stafford Act / Christopher L. Atkinson
- Revising federal disaster management policy : establishing an officer in charge / Marc Landy and Jessica Goley
- Assisting individuals with access and functional needs : the intersection of disabilities, planning, and disaster policy / Melissa Pinke, Stacey Mann, and Elizabeth Todak
- Local recovery : how robust community rebound necessarily comes from the bottom up / Emily Chamlee-Wright, Stefanie Haeffele-Balch, and Virgin Henry Storr
- Small businesses as a vulnerable population / Mark R. Landahl and Tonya T. Neaves
- Managing human capital in times of crisis : the role of employees in disaster management / Stacey C. Mann and Jonathan W. Gaddy
- Major disasters and private financing / Pete Vloedman
- Financial resiliency by local governments to natural disasters / Simon A. Andrew, Robert Bland, and Jesseca E. Short
- The effects of natural disasters on local government finance / Orkhan Ismayilov and Simon A. Andrew.