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.
| ISBN: | 9780323992770 |
| Publication date: | 20th May 2022 |
| Author: | Indrajit Pal, Rajib Shaw |
| Publisher: | Elsevier an imprint of Elsevier Science |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Genres: |
Human geography |
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.
Pandemic Risk, Response, and Resilience features in the following genres: Human geography
Pandemic Risk, Response, and Resilience is available in Paperback
Pandemic Risk, Response, and Resilience was written by Indrajit Pal, Rajib Shaw and published by Elsevier an imprint of Elsevier Science
Pandemic Risk, Response, and Resilience has 272 pages