Case Studies in Disaster Mitigation and Prevention: Disaster and Emergency Management

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Case Studies in Disaster Mitigation and Prevention: Disaster and Emergency Management: Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovation series presents cases illustrating efforts to reduce human and material losses associated with disasters. This volume demonstrates that mitigation is an ongoing phase in which communities continually pursue long-term hazard resistance and reduction. Cases illustrate the importance of risk assessment in the development of mitigation strategies through hazard mapping and multi-hazard mitigation planning. Cases also illustrate approaches to reduction risk through structural and non-structural means, giving consideration to benefits or limitations of these strategies in different contexts. The contributions of different mitigation activities to disaster risk reduction efforts are examined using the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Presents in-depth cases studies in disaster mitigation, one of the phases of disaster management Unites practice and research from multiple disciplines to highlight the complexity of disaster mitigation, including environmental and earth sciences, engineering, public health, geography, sociology, and anthropology Examines policy and ethical dilemmas faced by decision makers in disaster situations Front Cover Case Studies in Disaster Mitigation and Prevention Disaster and Emergency Management: Case studies in adaptation and innovation Series editors Forthcoming volumes in the series Case Studies in Disaster Mitigation and PreventionDisaster and Emergency Management: Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovat ... Copyright Dedication Contents List of contributors About the series editors Case studies in disaster and emergency management Series introduction Routine vs. adaptive expertise from a learning sciences perspective Routine expertise in disaster and emergency management practice Adaptive expertise: the need for innovation in disaster and emergency management practice Defining adaptation and innovation Defining adaptation and innovation Characteristics of adaptation and innovation in disaster and emergency management practice Characteristics of adaptation and innovation in disaster and emergency management practice Why adaptation and innovation occurs Why adaptation and innovation occurs How adaptation and innovation occurs How adaptation and innovation occurs When and where adaptation and innovation occur When and where adaptation and innovation occur Learning from case studies REFERENCES Prevention and mitigation volume introduction State of prevention and mitigation practices Historical context Prevention and mitigation for enhancing community resilience Overview of cases Section 1: disaster risk reduction planning Section 1: disaster risk reduction planning Section 2: leveraging technology to support disaster risk reduction Section 2: leveraging technology to support disaster risk reduction Section 3: resilient housing and infrastructure strategies Section 3: resilient housing and infrastructure strategies REFERENCES 1 - Current and future directions in hazard mitigation policy Case summary State-of-the practice overview Adaptation and innovation characteristics Case description 2005 hazard mitigation plan Challenges and obstacles to implementation Integration of planning mechanisms Local participation Result 2010 hazard mitigation plan Challenges and obstacles to implementation Integration of planning mechanisms Challenges and obstacles to implementation Local participation Result 2015 hazard mitigation plan Challenges and obstacles to implementation Integration of planning mechanisms Implementation Local participation Result Discussion Conclusions References Recommended readings 2 - Community based mitigation strategies: building resilience in rural Appalachia Case summary State of the practice overview Adaptation and innovation characteristics Case description Background and context Disaster risks in the region Community mitigation needs assessment and development of community partnerships Community survey Results of the community survey Demographic data indicating social vulnerability Social capital Disaster knowledge and attitudes toward citizen participation Policy analysis project Key findings presented to the stakeholders Discussion Conclusions Appendix A: questions from the community survey administered to City of Radford residents References Recommended readings 3 - Reducing risk through public engagement in hazard mitigation plans Case summary State of the practice overview Adaptation and innovation characteristics Case description The Town and Village of Arcade, NY City of Baltimore, MD Charleston County, SC Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, TX Houston-Galveston Area Council, TX Jefferson County, AL King County Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan, WA The City of Nome, AK City of North Miami, FL City of Poquoson, VA City of Roseville, CA Tulalip Tribe, WA Wake County, NC City of Ann Arbor, MI Summary Conclusion Links to plans References Recommended readings 4 - Planning through narratives: participatory tools and disaster risk reduction Case summary State of the practice overview Adaptation and innovation characteristics Case description weTable: a table-top interactive interface – enabling a “convivial” planning environment CHARM: a mapping platform – putting the power of planning into the peoples’ hands Participatory workshops: CHARM resiliency workshops – mapping future growth Discussion Conclusions Recommended readings References 5 - Rehabilitation as a means for building long-term resilience: A case study of Odisha Disaster Recovery Project Case Summary State of the practice overview Adaptation and innovation characteristics Case description Decision-making processes Implementation approaches Outcomes on people and places History of extreme events and interventions in Odisha Odisha Disaster Recovery Project Decision-making process and the implications on resilience outcomes Implementation processes and implications on resilience outcomes Outcomes for people and places Discussion References Further reading 6 - Notes from the underground: adapting a century old apartment building in New York city's lower east side to the ... Case summary State of the practice overview Adaptation and innovation characteristics Case description NYC's multifamily housing Superstorm Sandy 334 east eighth street on New York City's lower east side Mitigating flooding in the facility Heating retrofit Discussion Financing resilience Other innovative financing initiatives Conclusion References 7 - Cloud-based innovations for syndromic surveillance: lessons from the world's largest mass gatherings Case summary State of the practice overview Adaptation and innovation characteristics Case description Background and context Kumbh Nagri, 2013 Kumbh Nagri, 2013 Pilot Pilot EMcounter at the 2013 Kumbh EMcounter at the 2013 Kumbh Nashik, 2015 Nashik, 2015 Parvani days Parvani days Putting the data to use Putting the data to use Beyond the Melas Discussion Discussion Conclusion Disclosures References Recommended readings 8 - Planning for resilient urban infrastructure: a case study of Hoboken, New Jersey Case summary State of the practice overview Adaptation and innovation characteristics Case description Hurricane Sandy Discussion Conclusion Interviews References Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Back Cover