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Disaster Relief Aid: Changes and Challenges

Autor Bimal Kanti Paul
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 mai 2018
Disaster Relief Aid: Changes and Challenges provides a comprehensive analysis of disaster relief efforts undertaken globally during the last several decades, and examines the changes and challenges that have emerged over time. The book evaluates the current state of disaster relief and discusses how it may be improved.  The author examines salient features of disaster relief operations and provides an overview of the development of global humanitarian assistance programs. The book also explores how disaster aid is channelled from non-affected areas to affected areas. Using five major natural and man-made disasters as case studies, the book analyses the nature and extent of emergency relief efforts undertaken for each. The final chapter covers the post-disaster convergence phenomenon; outlines the major challenges of international disaster relief operation and finally, posits recommendations on how to improve future disaster relief efforts. 


This is an essential interdisciplinary text on disaster response for both undergraduate and graduate students as well as an invaluable resource for disaster researchers, managers, and numerous international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international agencies.



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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319772813
ISBN-10: 3319772813
Pagini: 341
Ilustrații: XXX, 262 p. 7 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

The first part of Chapter 1 defines salient features of disaster relief operations and briefly chronicles the development of global humanitarian assistance programs. The next section of Chapter 1 summarizes major criticisms of disaster aid provision and also outlines the need for disbursement of assistance to disaster survivors. This is accomplished in part by providing several definitions of natural disasters wherein the need for emergency relief aid for survivors of extreme natural events are either explicit or embedded. The chapter concludes with the book’s objectives and chapter outline.
 
Disaster Relief Aid
Background of Humanitarian Assistance
Criticisms of Disaster Aid Provision
Need for Disaster Relief Aid
Objectives of this Book
Chapter Arrangements
 
Chapter 2 explains how disaster aid flows from a plethora of private, public, humanitarian, business, and non-profit organizations, as well as individuals from both affected and non-affected areas/countries, to survivors of extreme natural events. This chapter also covers other relevant information such as providers and distributors of emergency aid and issues associated with participation of domestic and foreign military forces in disaster relief operations. This is followed by a final section dealing with problems and challenges associated with disaster aid flows. 
           
International Humanitarian System
Flash Appeal
Pledge and Flow of Relief Aid
Needs Assessment, Logistics and Management 
Providers of Disaster Aid
Distributors of Disaster Aid       Participation of Foreign Military Forces
      Participation of Domestic Military Forces
Funding Guidelines (GHD and Others
Determinants of Disaster Aid
 
Crucial aspects of disaster relief (e.g., timeliness, appropriateness, and coordination and cooperation) that ultimately determine the success of any single operation are presented in Chapter 3, along with a discussion on how agencies involved in disaster relief operations and maintain partnerships and networks. This chapter provides background for understanding the strengths and weaknesses of disaster aid disbursement. Several disaster relief and network models are also discussed.
 
Success/Failure Indicators of Disaster Relief Operations
<      Appropriateness       Timeliness
      Coordination and Cooperation
      Inequitable Distribution
      Human Right Violations
      Misuse and Non-use of Relief Fund  Partnership and Networking
Numerical Disaster Relief and Networks Models   
 
Chapter 4 provides an overview of the nature and extent of emergency relief efforts undertaken in countries impacted by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (IOT), Hurricane Katrina, and the Kashmir and Nepal earthquakes, along with some basic statistics regarding these disasters. The weaknesses and strengths of each one of these disaster operation are reviewed. This review is essential for improving future emergency relief operations. Additionally, each of the operation considered in this chapter is fundamental for understanding the dynamics of the relief process. 
 
The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
     Global Generosity
     Domestic Generosity      Competition and Cooperation
The 2005 Hurricane Katrina
     Official Response
     Non-official Response
     International Response The 2005 Kashmir Earthquake
     Global Response
     Participation of Foreign Military
     Earthquake Relief and LoC
     Participation of National Army
The 2015 Nepal Earthquake
     Problems in Organizing Disaster Relief Aid
     Domestic and International Response
     Effectiveness of Emergency Aid
 
Unnecessary and useless relief items to those who have suffered a disaster have been a perpetual problem across the globe. This spontaneous flow of supplies hampers and complicates emergency relief efforts. This post-disaster convergence phenomenon is the subject of Chapter 5. There are three forms of convergence: personal (the influx of emergency response personnel and all types of individuals, including affiliated or non-affiliated local/national and foreign volunteers, and members of search, rescue and medical teams); informational (the flow of information and communication); and material (movement of physical resources, like (solicited or unsolicited) donated goods, supplies, and/or equipment sent by all entities in response to a disaster). All these components of convergence phenomenon and their effects on disaster relief activities are examined in this chapter. 
 
History of Convergence Phenomenon
Convergence of Personnel
Convergence of Information
Convergence of Materials
Advantages and Disadvantages
Current Strategies Used to Control Convergence
Recommendations
 
The final chapter (Chapter 6) outlines the progress so far made in global disaster relief efforts during the last decades, along with the challenges such efforts have confronted in recent years. Based on these challenges, recommendations are made to improve future disaster relief efforts.
 
Problems and Challenges
Lessons Learned
Progress
Recommendations
  In addition, a glossary of disaster relief-related organizations and agencies (e.g., ALNAP, DAC, DEC, FTS, and GHD) will be included at the end of the proposed book.
 

Notă biografică

Bimal Kanti Paul is a Professor of Geography at Kansas State University, USA. His core areas of geographic research are in human-environment interactions, population and health geographies, geospatial analysis and application.



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‘Dr. Paul has again provided an exceptional foundation in disaster studies, this time on the complex and evolving nature of humanitarian aid. Paul effortlessly guides the reader through aid theories, concepts, and processes across the disaster cycle while positing informative case studies, critiques, and prospects for more effective aid in the future. Undoubtedly a valuable text for scholars, practitioners, and policy makers alike.’

Luke Juran, Virginia Tech, USA

Disaster Relief Aid: Changes and Challenges provides a comprehensive analysis of disaster relief efforts undertaken globally during the last several decades, and examines the changes and challenges that have emerged over time. The book evaluates the current state of disaster relief and discusses how it may be improved.  The author examines salient features of disaster relief operations and provides an overview of the development of global humanitarian assistance programs. The book also explores how disaster aid is channelled from non-affected areas to affected areas. Using five major natural and man-made disasters as case studies, the book analyses the nature and extent of emergency relief efforts undertaken for each. The final chapter covers the post-disaster convergence phenomenon; outlines the major challenges of international disaster relief operation and finally, posits recommendations on how to improve future disaster relief efforts. 
This is an essential interdisciplinary text on disaster response for both undergraduate and graduate students as well as an invaluable resource for disaster researchers, managers, and numerous international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international agencies.

Caracteristici

Evaluates the current state of disaster relief globally
Sheds light on the progress made so far in disaster relief endeavors across the world
Provides an essential interdisciplinary text on disaster response