Building community disaster resilience through private-public collaboration

Author(s)

• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Private-Public Sector Collaboration to Enhance Community Disaster Resilience
• National Research Council (U.S.). Geographical Sciences Committee
• National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Earth Sciences and Resources

Bibliographic Information

Building community disaster resilience through private-public collaboration

Committee on Private-Public Sector Collaboration to Enhance Community Disaster Resilience, Geographical Sciences Committee, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

National Academies Press, c2011

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Natural disasters-including hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and floods-caused more than 220,000 deaths worldwide in the first half of 2010 and wreaked havoc on homes, buildings, and the environment. To withstand and recover from natural and human-caused disasters, it is essential that citizens and communities work together to anticipate threats, limit their effects, and rapidly restore functionality after a crisis. Increasing evidence indicates that collaboration between the private and public sectors could improve the ability of a community to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. Several previous National Research Council reports have identified specific examples of the private and public sectors working cooperatively to reduce the effects of a disaster by implementing building codes, retrofitting buildings, improving community education, or issuing extreme-weather warnings. State and federal governments have acknowledged the importance of collaboration between private and public organizations to develop planning for disaster preparedness and response. Despite growing ad hoc experience across the country, there is currently no comprehensive framework to guide private-public collaboration focused on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Building Community Disaster Resilience through Private-Public Collaboration assesses the current state of private-public sector collaboration dedicated to strengthening community resilience, identifies gaps in knowledge and practice, and recommends research that could be targeted for investment. Specifically, the book finds that local-level private-public collaboration is essential to the development of community resilience. Sustainable and effective resilience-focused private-public collaboration is dependent on several basic principles that increase communication among all sectors of the community, incorporate flexibility into collaborative networks, and encourage regular reassessment of collaborative missions, goals, and practices. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 A Conceptual Framework for Resilience-Focused Private-Public Collaborative Networks 3 Guidelines forCommunity-Based Private-Public Collaboration 4 Challenges to Sustainable Resilience-Focused Collaboration 5 Research Opportunities Appendixes Appendix A: Committee Biographies Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas

Table of Contents

• 1 Front Matter
• 2 Summary
• 3 1 Introduction
• 4 2 A Conceptual Framework for Resilience-Focused Private-Public Collaborative Networks
• 5 3 Guidelines forCommunity-Based Private-Public Collaboration
• 6 4 Challenges to Sustainable Resilience-Focused Collaboration
• 7 5 Research Opportunities
• 8 Appendixes
• 9 Appendix A: Committee Biographies
• 10 Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB17783719
• ISBN:
  • 9780309162630
• LCCN: 2011381053
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 126 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV551.3
  • DC23 : 363.34
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Emergency management -- United States
  • LCSH : Hazard mitigation -- United States
  • LCSH : Public-private sector cooperation -- United States