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Book Review: Case Studies in Disaster Recovery

Recovery Diva

This new book is the first released book (volume) of the four-volume series of Disaster and Emergency Management Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovation with three books forthcoming, each representing one of the four phases of disaster management (mitigation/prevention, preparedness, response, recovery). December 2022.

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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

Book Review: Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management. The editors are experts in the field with many years of conducting research and teaching with particular emphasis on social vulnerability and cultural complexity within the context of emergencies and disasters. link] April 2020. The case studies cover both the U.S.

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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

Reviewed by Donald Watson, editor of the website theOARSlist.com , Organizations Addressing Resilience and Sustainability, editor of Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design (McGraw-Hill 2001), and co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). He has served as consultant for United Nations, U.S.

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Book Review: The Continuing Storm: Learning from Katrina

Recovery Diva

Authors: Kai Erikson, William R. Hazards Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder. Author of Hyperlocal Organizing: Collaborating for Recovery over Time, forthcoming in November 2022 from Lexington Press. This book is the 8th book in the University of Texas’ Katrina Bookshelf series edited by Kai Erikson.

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