Community Development for Times of Crisis

1. This represents the first book to bring together a wide range of community development literature focusing on the theory, research, and application behind effective locally -driven disaster mitigation
2. This book will provide local governments, NGOs, citizen groups and others a body of knowledge to use as they prepare to respond to natural and manmade disasters.
3. This book will help to enhance government level responses to disaster by providing a companion structure for disaster response and recovery