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  title info:
    title: Disaster Management and Private Sectors
    sub title: Challenges and Potentials
  name:
    name part: Izumi, Takako.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Shaw, Rajib.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ja
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XI, 342 p. 82 illus., 56 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book draws upon case studies and practices of different types of DRR involvement by the private sector from all over the world. The book comprises two parts, Part I: Overview and Regional Cases; and Part II: Country Cases. The regional cases include those from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Central America, and the country cases include ones from India, Japan, the United States, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Nepal. DRR at the international level is discussed from the perspective of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). The perspective of the Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is presented in the discussion of DRR at the societal level. The private sector is becoming more active in disaster management and plays an important role in distributing relief items and sending search and rescue teams in the response phase. However, once the response stage is over, private sector involvement tends to fade. While a number of disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives by the private sector are documented, they remain limited. The private sector can contribute enormously to DRR by developing business continuity plans, innovating technology for early warning systems, and providing and sharing technical knowledge, skills, and resources in the field of disaster preparedness. To strengthen DRR capacity, it is crucial to involve the private sector as major actors in DRR. The primary target groups for this book are students and researchers in the fields of disaster management and DRR studies. Another target group comprises practitioners and policy makers, who will be able to apply the collective knowledge from this work to policy and decision making. The book provides an overview of the current research trends and furnishes basic knowledge on this important topic.
  table of contents: From the Contents: Overview and Introduction of the role of private sectors in disaster management -- Global overview: scopes, challenges and potentials -- Experiences of APEC: Importance of BCP -- Private sector involvement in Disaster risk reduction in Asia -- Experiences of Europe: focus on insurance.
  note: edited by Takako Izumi, Rajib Shaw.
  subject:
    topic: Earth sciences
  subject:
    topic: Natural disasters
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable development
  subject:
    topic: Social sciences
  subject:
    topic: Earth Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Natural Hazards
  subject:
    topic: Methodology of the Social Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable Development
  classification: GB5000-5030
  classification: 551
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices
  identifier: 9784431554141
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55414-1
  record info:
    record creation date: 150213
    record change date: 20151031141035.0
    record identifier: 978-4-431-55414-1