Overview
- This book is about implementing public policy intended to mitigate the consequences stemming from extreme hazardous events
- It focuses on importance of taking steps to reduce frequency and impact of adverse unanticipated consequences arising from implementation
- A compelling case study evaluating the history and perspectives of key stakeholders, and the outcomes of complex organizational decision making?
Part of the book series: Environmental Hazards (ENHA)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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SB 1953: The Origins and the Experience Through 2010
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SB 1953: THE ORIGINS AND THE EXPERIENCE THROUGH 2010
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Obstacles to Implementation: The Usual Suspects
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OBSTACLES TO IMPLEMENTATION: THE USUAL SUSPECTS
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Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Regulated Parties, Prerequisites to Action, and the Hazard Mitigation Investment Decision
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BEYOND THE USUAL SUSPECTS: THE REGULATED PARTIES, PREREQUISITES TO ACTION, AND THE HAZARD MITIGATION INVESTMENT DECISION
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Beyond the Usual Suspects: Public Policy Design and Contextual Dynamics
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BEYOND THE USUAL SUSPECTS: PUBLIC POLICY DESIGN AND CONTEXTUAL DYNAMICS
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Putting It All Together
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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
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About this book
The negative consequences of natural hazard events are staggering and growing. Governments are acting to increase community resilience, reduce losses, and facilitate recovery, but these actions do not always yield anticipated consequences. This book is a compelling interdisciplinary analysis of California’s efforts to ensure that acute care hospitals survive earthquakes and continue to function in the aftermath. The book weaves together several threads essential to understanding the effectiveness of public policies intended to reduce the consequences of natural hazard events: public policy design and administration, the hazard mitigation investment decision made by targeted organizations, and contextual dynamics.Â
"A terrific study of shortfalls in the implementation of risk-reduction policy -- highly readable, full of insights, and very policy relevant."Â Peter J. May, Donald R. Matthews Distinguished Professor of American Politics, University of Washington, Seattle USAÂ
"This is an exceptional book by three of the leading hazard mitigation researchers and must reading for both scholars and practitioners in the field." Â William A. Anderson, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Natural Hazard Mitigation Policy
Book Subtitle: Implementation, Organizational Choice, and Contextual Dynamics
Authors: Daniel J. Alesch, Lucy A. Arendt, William J. Petak
Series Title: Environmental Hazards
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2235-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2234-7Published: 03 October 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3805-8Published: 29 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2235-4Published: 02 October 2011
Series ISSN: 2542-9787
Series E-ISSN: 2542-9795
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 240
Topics: Natural Hazards, Political Science, Health Administration