Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific : Policy and Governance - Brassard, Caroline; Giles, David W.; Howitt, Arnold M.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
Confronting Disaster: Recent Lessons from the Asia-Pacific -- Localising the Humanitarian Toolkit: Lessons from Recent Philippines Disasters -- Muhammadiyah and Disaster Response: Innovation and Change in Humanitarian Assistance -- The Impact of the Indian Ocean Tsunami on Maldives -- Collaboration in Emergency Response in China: Evolution from the Wenchuan Earthquake, May 12, 2008 to the Lushan Earthquake, April 20, 2013 -- "One in Trouble, All to Help": The Paired Assistance Program to Disaster-Affected Areas in China -- Collaborative Manpower Support for Restoring Hope in the Aftermath of the March 11 Disasters in Japan -- Communities at the Heart of Recovery: Reflections on the Government-Community Partnership for Recovery after the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires in Victoria, Australia -- Disaster, Mental Health, and Community Resilience: Lessons from the Field in Aceh Province, Indonesia -- Regional Business Continuity Management through Public-Private Partnerships in Japan -- The Rise of Disaster Risk Insurance and Derivatives -- Building the Urban Community Disaster Relief System in China.
Keywords: Natural disasters; Regional planning; Urban planning; Environmental management; Natural Hazards; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Environmental Management