Hollis The Role of Regional Organizations in Disaster Risk Management

A Strategy for Global Resilience
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-43930-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 242 Seiten, eBook

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hollis, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Simon Hollis is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Swedish National Defence College, Sweden, where he is conducting research on the role of international organizations in supporting disaster risk reduction capacities in small island developing states in the Caribbean and the Pacific regions.