More with Less Disasters in an Era of Diminishing Resources

by Cahill, Kevin M.; Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, H. E. Nassir

• ISBN13: 9780823250189
• ISBN10: 0823250180
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-03
• Publisher: Fordham University Press

Summary

Natural and man-made disasters are increasing around the world. Hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts and resultant famine, floods and armed conflicts are constant reminders of the frailty of our human race. Global warming may cause whole island states to be submerged as the oceans rise. In the past these acute - and chronic, recurring - crises have been met by the international community responding to UN and media appeals. The economic collapse of nations is now a reality; some of those most affected had been traditional, generous donors to disaster relief operations. It is unlikely - probably impossible - for them to continue to contribute overseas when their own domestic needs are unmet. A recent New York Times front page report suggested that one of the few issues to have bipartisan support was to cut the foreign aid budget. This book analyzes the global economic forecast and the United Nations pattern of philanthropy, provides a case study of how one nation with a tradition of giving will cope in face of a marked reduction in the worth of their currency, and then provides thoughtful chapters on new approaches to disaster preparedness and disaster response. Among the contributors are the Director of UNESCO, the UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Assistance, the Secretary General's Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, and fresh entrepreneurial suggestions from, among others, Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin group of companies.

Author Biography

Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., is University Professor and Director of the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs at Fordham University. He has served as the Chief Advisor on Humanitarian and Public Health Issues to three Presidents of the United-Nations General Assembly and is the Director of the Tropical Disease Center of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. XV
List of Abbreviations	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Preparedness
Globalization, Growth, Poverty, Governance, and Humanitarian Assistance	p. 11
WFP: Organizational Maintenance in Uncertain Times	p. 34
Disasters-A Nation's Experience in an Economic Recession	p. 50
What Can Modern Society Learn from Indigenous Resiliency?	p. 70
Response
Providing for the Most Vulnerable in the Twenty-First Century	p. 77
Noncommunicable Diseases and the New Global Health	p. 95
Humanitarian Response in the Era of Global Mobile Information Technology	p. 110
Disasters and the Media	p. 123
Toward a Culture of Safety and Resilience	p. 142
Education and Disaster Management	p. 160
Entrepreneurial Approaches
Capitalizing on Travel and Tourism in Preparing for Trouble	p. 175
Business in an Age of Emergency	p. 198
An Afghan Media Tale	p. 214
Terror, Transformed: A Financier's Journey into Social Entrepreneurship	p. 229
Notes	p. 249
List of Contributors	p. 263
The Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation and the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs	p. 267
Index	p. 269
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