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Book Review: Case Studies in Disaster Recovery

Recovery Diva

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier, Oxford, UK and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Each chapter is written by (a) a different author(s). The discussions are based on many years of practical experience and/or research conducted by the authors. Volume Editor: Jane Kushma, Ph.D. December 2022. Pages: 272.

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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

Publisher : Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London. 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.

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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. Publisher: University of Texas Press Austin Texas. Author of Hyperlocal Organizing: Collaborating for Recovery over Time, forthcoming in November 2022 from Lexington Press. Review of: The Continuing Storm: Learning from Katrina.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

At the same time, we see widening inequalities in who has access to recovery resources, and disparities in vulnerability that are too often predictable by socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity. Amidst all of this, we are overly dependent on a shadow budget for disaster response and relief that no one is planning.