Managing Intergovernmental Responses to Terrorism and Other Extreme Events
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7364084 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise K Comfort (0000-0003-4411-1354, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 29-50 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a004970 |
| OpenAlex | W2038725812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
Coordinating response operations to extreme events is an extraordinarily complex task for public managers. The performance of the intergovernmental system is examined in the context of the events of 11 September 2001 from the theoretical perspective of complex adaptive systems. A model of auto-adaptation is proposed to improve intergovernmental performance in extreme events. This model is based on the concept of individual, organizational, and collective learning in environments exposed to recurring risk, guided by a shared goal. Such a model requires public investment in the development of an information infrastructure that can support the intense demand for communication, information search, exchange, and feedback that characterizes an auto-adaptive system
Federalism · Political science · Politics · Terrorism · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law
The adaptive shift
‘The democratic touch of disasters’
Protecting the population in a multilevel system
The politics of adaptive climate management
Regional Cooperation and Multilateral Agreements in the Provision of Public Safety
Extreme events defined—A conceptual discussion applying a complex systems approach
Cities at Risk
Beyond Marble Cakes and Picket Fences
Fusion Center Accountability and Intergovernmental Information Sharing
Challenges to Federalism
A Tale of Two Disasters
Dispersed Federalism as a New Regional Governance for Homeland Security
Grass-Root Organisations, Intergovernmental Collaboration, and Emergency Preparedness
Policy overreaction
Risk, Security, and Disaster Management
Role of information in collective action in dynamic disaster environments
Decision-making behaviour during urban search and rescue
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,81 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |