Flexibility in Emergency Management: Exploring the Roles of Spontaneous Planning and Improvisation in Disaster Response
Description:
One of the long-standing debates in disaster science and practice is the tension between planning and structure on the one hand and flexibility and adaptation on the other in maximizing the effectiveness of response operations. This research aims to reconcile the divide that currently exists among scholars and practitioners and present a continuum that bridges the above models and ties planning, improvisation, and spontaneous planning together. The main questions that were examined with this r…
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Date:
December 2019
Creator:
Gutierrez, Miguel
Partner:
UNT Libraries