Future-proofing the state : managing risks, responding to crises and building resilience / edited by Jonathan Boston, John Wanna, Justin Pritchard and Vic Lipski.

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TextPublisher: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (xv, 302 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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1925021521
1925021513
9781925021516
9781925021523

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Future-proofing the state : managing risks, responding to crises and building resilience.DDC classification:

320.6 23

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HD30.27

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Contents:

Future-Proofing the State; Foreword; Contributors; Part 1: Governing for the Future; 1. Governing for the Future while Meeting the Challenges of Today; 2. The Role of Government in Future-Proofing Society; 3. Foreseeable Shocks and the Critical Challenges Facing Humanity in the Twenty-First Century; 4. Governments Fit for the Future: Lessons in building resilience; 5. Governing for the Future: What governments can do; 6. Do Governments Suffer from Political Myopia: What is the problem and what can be done about it?

7. Policy Disasters Waiting to Happen: When predictable disasters flow from government decisions8. Building and Maintaining Trust in Public Institutions: Is this possible?; Part 2: Managing Risks and Building Resilence; 9. Lessons for Government in Minimising Risk: What can the public service learn from the private sector?; 10. Risk Responses, Emergency Management and Community Resilience in the Aftermath of the Recent Victorian Natural Disasters; 11. Understanding Resilience and Reducing Future Vulnerabilities in Social-Ecological Systems.

12. Improving Resilience through Environmental Scanning in Western Australia13. Environmental Scanning Processes in Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads; 14. Resilience in its Historical and Contemporary Contexts; Part 3: Managing Crises; 15. Managing Crises Long Term: The challenges of preparedness and response; 16. The Public Service in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis: Future-proof or future shock?; Part 4: Disaster Recovery; 17. Disaster Recovery: The particular governance challenges generated by large-scale natural disasters.

18. Missing the Opportunity to Promote Community Resilience? The Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry19. The Role of Post-Disaster Institutions in Recovery and Resilience: A comparative study of three recent disasters; 20. Governing the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, 2010-2011: The debate over institutional design; 21. Seismic Shifts: The Canterbury earthquakes and public sector innovation; 22. Examining the Public Sector's Responses to the Canterbury Earthquakes; Name Index; Subject Index.