Catastrophic Incentives - Why Our Approaches to Disasters Keep Falling Short

Examining twenty years of disasters from 9/11 to COVID-19, Jeff Schlegelmilch and Ellen Carlin show how flawed incentive structures make the world more vulnerable when catastrophe strikes.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. A Recent History of Disasters: Events, Trends and Organizational Responses
1. The Birth of the Modern Era of U.S. Disaster Management and Its Global Implications (2001)
2. A Pandemic Warning, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Hurricane Katrina, and a Bird Flu (2002-2007)
3. An Influenza Pandemic, Earthquake in Haiti, Fukushima Disaster, and Superstorm Sandy (2008-2012)
4. Ebola, Hurricanes, Wildfires, and a Pandemic for the Ages (2013-2021)
Part II. How Organizations Respond to Disasters and Why They Behave That Way
5. Disaster Politics
6. Disaster Markets and the Private Sector
7. Disaster Nonprofits
8. Disaster Academics
Part III. In Search of Disaster Resilience
9. Humans Are Bad at Risk, and Even Worse with Uncertainty
10. Reimagining the Model
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Jeff Schlegelmilch and Ellen Carlin

Riassunto

Examining twenty years of disasters from 9/11 to COVID-19, Jeff Schlegelmilch and Ellen Carlin show how flawed incentive structures make the world more vulnerable when catastrophe strikes.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ellen Carlin, Jeff Schlegelmilch, Professor Jeff Carlin Schlegelmilch
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.10.2023
• EAN: 9780231204231
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20423-1
• Pagine: 264
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & Charity, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Volunteer Work, Family & health, Social impact of disasters, Central / national / federal government policies, Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made), social science; disasters; disaster relief