Format:
Online-Ressource (xix, 275 pages)
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illustrations, map
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0823260720
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9780823260720
Series Statement:
International humanitarian affairs
Content:
Natural and human-made disasters are increasing around the world. Hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts, and resultant famine, floods, and armed conflicts are constant reminders of the frailty of our human race. Global warming may cause whole island states to be submerged as the oceans rise. In the past these acute and recurring crises have been met by the international community responding to UN and media appeals. The economic collapse of nations is now a reality; some of those most affected had been traditional, generous donors to disaster relief operations. It is unlikelyGprobably impossibleGthat they will be able to continue to contribute overseas when their own domestic needs are unmet. A recent New York Times front page report suggested that one of the few domestic issues to have bipartisan support was to cut the foreign aid budget. This book analyzes the global economic forecast and the United Nations pattern of philanthropy, provides a case study of how one nation with a tradition of giving will cope in face of a marked reduction in the worth of its currency, and then provides thoughtful chapters on new approaches to disaster preparedness and disaster response. Among the contributors are the Director of UNESCO, the UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Assistance, the Secretary GeneralGs Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, and fresh entrepreneurial suggestions from, among others, Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin group of companies. All royalties from this book go to the training of humanitarian workers.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- More with Less -- Globalization, Growth, Poverty, Governance, and Humanitarian Assistance -- WFP -- Disasters-A Nation's Experience in an Economic Recession -- What Can Modern Society Learn from Indigenous Resiliency? -- Providing for the Most Vulnerable in the Twenty- First Century -- Noncommunicable Diseases and the New Global Health -- Humanitarian Response in the Era of Global Mobile Information Technology -- Disasters and the Media -- Toward a Culture of Safety and Resilience -- Education and Disaster Management -- Capitalizing on Travel and Tourism in Preparing for Trouble -- Business in an Age of Emergency -- An Afghan Media Tale -- Terror, Transformed -- NOTES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- The Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation and the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs -- INDEX.
Note:
"A joint publication of Fordham University Press and the Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Globalization, growth, poverty, governance, and humanitarian assistance / Dominick SalvatoreWFP : organizational maintenance in uncertain times / Masood Hyder -- Disasters : a nation's experience in an economic recession / Ronan Murphy -- What can modern society learn from indigenous resiliency? / Margareta Wahlstrom -- Providing for the most vulnerable in the twenty-first century / Flavia Bustreo -- Noncommunicable diseases and the new global health / Thomas J. Bollyky -- Humanitarian response in the era of global mobile information technology / Valerie Amos -- Disasters and the media / Jeremy Toye -- Toward a culture of safety and resilience / Irina Bokova -- Education and disaster management / Kevin M. Cahill and Alexander van Tulleken -- Capitalizing on travel and tourism in preparing for trouble / Richard Gordon -- Business in an age of emergency / Richard Branson -- An Afghan media tale / Thomas Freston -- Terror, transformed : a financier's journey into social entrepreneurship / Michael Pollack.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0823250172
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0823250180
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780823250172
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780823250189
Additional Edition:
Print version More with less
Language:
English
URL:
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