Description
Pandemic Risk, Response, and Resilience: COVID-19 Responses in Cities Around the World examines the pandemic's global impacts on public health, economies, society and labor. The book shows how COVID-19 intensified natural and anthropogenic hazards and destroyed years of communities, governments and the work of development organizations and their investments. It focuses on how disaster resilience is central to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals in a post-COVID-19 era. Sections cover current governance practices, with special attention given to Asia's more successful responses. It shows how the various sectors across that society were most impacted by COVID-19, including tourism and food systems.This book is an essential reference for researchers and practitioners who need to understand response, preparedness and future pathways for pandemic resilience.- Showcases risk governance at local, national and regional scales- Captures multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral insights through numerous case studies- Uniquely addresses, in a comprehensive and structure manner, risk governance methodologies
Table of Contents
PART 1: OVERVIEW AND NATIONAL GOVERNANCE RESPONSE1. COVID pandemic, global spread, issues and challenges 2. Governance in the era of cascading risks: building systemic, multi-hazard multi-sectoral resilience approaches to build back better from COVID-193. Enhancing Risk Governance and Sustainability in times of COVID-19: Experiences and Repercussions from Thailand4. Pandemic in the land of the Smile: The case of Covid-19 Outbreak in Thailand in 20205. Governance of disaster risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Central America: the case of Guatemala6. National Perspectives of COVID-19: Case of Sri Lanka7. Extent and Appraisal of COVID 19 Pandemic, Risk Governance and Resilience in Pakistan8. Epidemics and Pandemics Risk Governance: A case of post Covid-19 in the UK9. Risk governance, resilience, and response against COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea10. Sri Lanka's fight against COVID – 19: a brief overview11. COVID-19 Pandemic in the Arctic and Sub Arctic12. National perspectives of COVID 19 in the Maldives13. Global pandemic governance in China: some reflections14. Reflections on Pandemic Governance in JapanPART 2: CAPACITY AND RESPONSE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT15, The Rohingyas in Bangladesh: The 2020 Pandemic and the aftermath16, Guesstimating the COVID-19 burden: what is the best model?17, Effective Measures in COVID 19 Prevention in Vietnam18. Pandemic Management in Mountainous Regions; Challenges and Opportunities19. Redefining Vulnerability and Resilience from the lens of COVID -19: A case study of Indian state of Bihar for COVID-19 Management20. Uttar Pradesh - State level governance and response in COVID19 pandemic21.Development and Operationalization of Disaster Risk Management Framework for COVID-19 Pandemic: Quezon City Inclusive Unified Response, Recovery, and Rehabilitation Action Plan 2020-2030, Philippines22. COVID 19 Risk governance in Megacities in Kolkata, IndiaPART 3: LIVELIHOODS23. Village health volunteers response COVID-19 impact on fisheries and aquaculture in Thailand24. Covid 19 reflections on response and resilience of agricultural food system value chain25. Assessing the impact of COVID-19 to tourism and adaptation strategies – a case study in Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam26. Positive externality matters in the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of women informal businesses in Pakistan27. Impact of Coronavirus (Covid-19) on the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sectors of Ghana28. COVID 19 National Response on Tourism Sector: A case study of Western Division of Vitilevu, Fiji IslandsPART 4: COMMUNITY, AWARENESS AND EDUCATION29. Risk Management and Resilience of Schools in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic30. Disaster Resilience in Perspectives of Public Management, Human Adaptation, and Education for all in Thailand31. Knowledge Gaps and Operational Challenges in Managing COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Post Pandemic Strategies in Multi-Disaster ContextsPART 5: CONCLUSION32. COVID-19 pandemic, risk reduction and resilience measures
