Disaster Recovery and Hazard Mitigation

Bridging the Intergovernmental Gap

Bibliographic Data

ID7984952
AuthorsClaire B Rubin, Daniel G Barbee
Year1985
Volume45
Pages57-57
Publication date1985-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Administration Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2307/3134998
OpenAlexW2324599989
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited2

Significant progress has been made in the last few decades in the United States in terms of local capability to deal with and recover from major disasters. In the United States, communities do recover, even if slowly and painfully in some instances. Although no communities have been lost involuntarily, occasionally public officials decide to relocate all or part of a community to avoid the likelihood of a repeat disaster. As recently as 15 years ago, Allen Barton summarized what little research existed at that time about the disaster recovery process. One pattern he noted was that Local government is unable to cope with the overload of problems and is replaced by an improvised emergency government such as a Citizens' Committee, or by authorities from state or national agencies. No longer are local governments rendered ineffective, nor are they

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