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Disasters and Humamitarian Action

by Cook Alistair D B

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Humanitarian action in a changing crisis landscape

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Humanitarian action in a changing crisis landscape

Marking two decades since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, this volume examines how disaster response and the wider humanitarian system have developed amid crises of growing scale, frequency, and complexity. Contributors draw on professional and research experience to consider the roles, motivations, and challenges of people and organizations involved in humanitarian work. Civilian and military perspectives give the discussion a broad institutional scope, while the book’s framing connects the response to a major disaster with questions about cooperation and the evolution of emergency management.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in disaster management and emergency response.
  • Those studying humanitarian organizations and crisis cooperation.
  • Readers seeking civilian and military perspectives on humanitarian action.

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Disaster responseHumanitarian systemsCivilian-military perspectivesInternational cooperation

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Book overview

The year 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. On 26 December 2004, a major earthquake struck with its epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The impact of the tsunami was a wakeup call to the world to pay greater attention to disasters, review and reform disaster management and emergency response, and improve cooperation in times of crises.

 

Over the past two decades, the global humanitarian system has undergone significant developments stemming from the increasing scale, frequency, and complexity of disasters, as well as changing political contexts. The contributors to this volume provide important insights drawing on their professional and research experience to understand the roles, motivations, and challenges in the humanitarian community from a diverse range of civilian and military perspectives.

 

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