Disaster Resilience and Adaptive Capacity in Central Florida, US, and in Eastern Marmara Region, Turkey

    Authors

    N. Kapucu

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Comp. Policy Anal.

    Keywords

    SOCIAL VULNERABILITY; MANAGEMENT; HAZARDS; CITIES; Public Administration

    Abstract

    The article assesses current disaster resiliency policies and practices in Central Florida in the US and in the Eastern Marmara Region in Turkey from a comparative perspective. It identifies core principles and links community resiliency to disasters and to essential behavioral, motivational, affective, and cognitive dynamics, and ultimately to important community outcomes. While Florida appears more prepared and disaster resilient in comparison to the Marmara Region in Turkey, neither region is immune from disasters. The multiplicity of factors affecting community resilience makes inter-sector collaboration imperative for both cases. The article pays special attention to the inclusion of community related demographic, geographic, social, economic, and political factors in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis

    Volume

    14

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2012

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    202

    Last Page

    216

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000306458900002

    ISSN

    1387-6988

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