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Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1866-2447
Content:
Abstract: Surprises are characteristic features of many disasters that pose major challenges to theorists as well as practitioners. When surprises occur during the recovery stage of disasters, they can complicate efforts to reestablish order, by introducing new variables that demand attention from societies that are already hardpressed to adjust to a problem-laden environment. The case of Tangshan, China stands as an example of an economic development surprise that permitted decision-makers greater than anticipated latitude to reset and attain post-disaster policy goals. In recent decades, other surprises, like sustainable development, global change, European political restructuring and the War on Terror, have had more complex impacts on disaster recovery policies and programs throughout the world. The current global credit crisis may yet be another disjunctive event in this context. Herein, it is argued that the management of surprises like these will become ever more salient in the 21st century during the recovery phase of disasters
In:
volume:1
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number:3
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pages:21-38
In:
Behemoth, Freiburg : Universität, Br. : Univ.-Bibl., 2008-, 1, Heft 3, 21-38, 1866-2447
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1524/behe.2008.0021
URN:
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2369316
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1524/behe.2008.0021
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2369316
URL:
https://d-nb.info/1293154342/34
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