Disaster Management and Private Sectors Challenges and Potentials /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Izumi, Takako (Editor), Shaw, Rajib (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Sustainable development.; Social sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Sustainable Development.

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...

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.