Lessons from Department of Defense disaster relief efforts in the Asia-Pacific Region

The Department of Defense has long been able to play a major role in international humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) due to its unique capabilities, manpower, and forward-deployed resources. The Asia-Pacific region is of particular importance to the United States because it bears...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: RAND Corporation. National Security Research Division (-)
Otros Autores: Moroney, Jennifer D. P., 1973- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, California : RAND Corporation 2013.
Colección:JSTOR Open Access monographs.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35779950*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Cyclone Nargis (Burma)
  • Padang Earthquake, West Sumatra (Indonesia)
  • 2010 monsoon floods (Pakistan)
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake/Operation Tomodachi (Japan)
  • Findings and recommendations.