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100			_aHollis, Simon _eAuthor.
245			_aResilience in the Pacific and the Caribbean : _bThe Local Construction of Disaster Risk Reduction / _cSimon Hollis
260			_aNewyork : _bRoutledge, _c2022.
300			_a218p. _b16 B/W Illustrations
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis book critically examines the global diffusion and local reception of resilience through the implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programmes in Pacific and Caribbean island states. Global efforts to strengthen local disaster resilience capacities have become a staple of international development activity in recent decades, yet the successful implementation of DRR projects designed to strengthen local resilience remains elusive. While there are pockets of success, a gap remains between global expectations and local realities. Through a critical realist study of global and local worldviews of resilience in the Pacific and Caribbean islands, this book argues that the global advocacy of DRR remains inadequate because of a failure to prioritise a person-orientated ethics in its conceptualization of disaster resilience. This regional comparison provides a valuable lens to understand the underlying social structures that makes resilience possible and the extent to which local governments, communities and persons interpret and modify their behaviour on risk when faced with the global message on resilience. This book will be of much interest to students of resilience, risk management, development studies, and area studies.
546			_aEnglish.
650			_aEmergency management _xSocial aspects _zCaribbean Area.
650			_aEmergency management _xSocial aspects _zPacific Area.
650			_aRisk management _xSocial aspects.
650			_aNatural disasters _xSocial aspects _zCaribbean Area.
650			_aNatural disas _xSocial aspects _zPacific Area.
650			_aCritical realism.
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