Innovative Community Responses to Disaster (Community Development – Current Issues Series)

Synopsis

Increasingly, community leaders around the world face major natural and economic disasters that require them to find ways to rebuild both physical infrastructure and the local economy. Doing this effectively requires an understanding of how various parts of the community are interconnected, as well as information as to which revitalization approaches have succeeded in the past. Community investment in recovery is essential and, in some cases, may require local leaders to rethink how it can be financed and arranged. This book presents a conceptual framework based on the community capitals, and describes approaches that have succeeded in situations where local leaders have coordinated efforts to rebuild and revitalize local conditions. Contributions provide examples of successful approaches around the world, thus analysing potential strategies for addressing disasters of many different types in various cultural settings. In this way, the book provides insights into a variety of approaches based on applications of accepted community development theory and concepts. This book was originally published as a special issue of Community Development.

Copyright:

2015

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

126 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781317441038

Related ISBNs:

9781138085718, 9781317441045, 9781138907690, 9781317441021, 9781315694924

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

01/26/24

Copyrighted By:

Community Development Society

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Sociology

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Brent Hales

Edited by:

Norman Walzer

Edited by:

James Calvin