Transforming governance: How national policies and organizations for managing disaster recovery evolved following the 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011 Canterbury earthquakes

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 577-605

  Johnson, Laurie A ^a   Mamula Seadon, Ljubica ^b  

^a Laurie Johnson Consulting Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKES; RECOVERY;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DISASTER RECOVERY; DISASTER RECOVERY MANAGEMENT; LARGE SCALE DISASTERS; MULTIPLE LEVELS; NATIONAL POLICIES; PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT; REGIONAL LEVELS;

DISASTERS;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NATIONAL PLANNING; POLICY APPROACH;

NEW ZEALAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904661565     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/032513EQS078M     Document Type: Article

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