The role of regional organizations in disaster risk management : a strategy for global resilience
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The role of regional organizations in disaster risk management : a strategy for global resilience
Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
- : hardback
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-237) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The use of regional organizations to mitigate and respond to disasters has become a global trend. This book examines the role regional organizations play in managing disaster risk through a comparative study of ten regional organizations, demonstrating their current limitations and future potential.
Table of Contents
1. The Role of Regional Organizations in Disaster Risk Management 2. Regional Disaster Risk Management 3. The rational role of regional DRM cooperation 4. The standardization of DRM 5. International organizations and norm diffusion 6. Norm reproduction in the school of DRM 7. The Great Divide: Translating expectations into capabilities 8. A World of Regions
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