1st Edition
Resilience in the Pacific and the Caribbean The Local Construction of Disaster Risk Reduction
By Simon Hollis
Copyright 2021
218 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
218 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
218 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book critically examines the global diffusion and local reception of resilience through the implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programmes in Pacific and Caribbean island states.
Global efforts to strengthen local disaster resilience capacities have become a staple of international development activity in recent decades, yet the successful implementation of DRR projects... Read more
Introduction
1. Theoretical Framework
2. The Future Present: A Global Worldview of Disaster Resilience
3. The Future Past: Disaster Resilience in the Pacific
4. The Present Future: Disaster Resilience in the Caribbean
5. Being Resilient
6. A Personalist Ethics of Resilience
Conclusion
Biography
Simon Hollis is Associate Professor in Crisis Management and International Coordination at the Swedish Defence University.
