Schlegelmilch / Carlin Catastrophic Incentives

Why Our Approaches to Disasters Keep Falling Short
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-231-55543-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Examining twenty years of disasters from 9/11 to COVID-19, Jeff Schlegelmilch and Ellen Carlin show how flawed incentive structures make the world more vulnerable when catastrophe strikes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schlegelmilch, Jeff

Carlin, Ellen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Folgen von Katastrophen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. A Recent History of Disasters: Events, Trends and Organizational Responses
1. The Birth of the Modern Era of U.S. Disaster Management and Its Global Implications (2001)
2. A Pandemic Warning, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Hurricane Katrina, and a Bird Flu (2002–2007)
3. An Influenza Pandemic, Earthquake in Haiti, Fukushima Disaster, and Superstorm Sandy (2008–2012)
4. Ebola, Hurricanes, Wildfires, and a Pandemic for the Ages (2013–2021)
Part II. How Organizations Respond to Disasters and Why They Behave That Way
5. Disaster Politics
6. Disaster Markets and the Private Sector
7. Disaster Nonprofits
8. Disaster Academics
Part III. In Search of Disaster Resilience
9. Humans Are Bad at Risk, and Even Worse with Uncertainty
10. Reimagining the Model
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jeff Schlegelmilch is a research scholar and the director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Columbia Climate School at Columbia University. He serves in advisory roles for public, private, and nonprofit organizations on issues related to disaster resilience. He is also the author of Rethinking Readiness: A Brief Guide to Twenty-First-Century Megadisasters (Columbia, 2020).

Ellen Carlin is a veterinarian and policy expert specializing in biological threats. She undertakes scientific study and policy development to address infectious pathogens, especially those that move between animals and people. She has worked on national security challenges and disaster preparedness across sectors, including as senior professional staff with the U.S. House of Representatives, founding staff member of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, and faculty at Georgetown University.