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Responding to disaster

20 Jul 2012

This policy brief is based primarily on the findings of a distinguished panel of experts who met at the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo on December 5, 2011 to draw lessons for first responders from the experiences of the The Japan Futures Initiative (JFI) is a network of scholars and practitioners dedicated to the promotion of the policy-relevant social January 2010 earthquake in Haiti and the March 20 [...] On December 5, 2011, a distinguished panel of purpose is to leverage a comparison of responses to the experts convened at the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo for the purpose of drawing lessons for first responders from the experiences of the two disasters in order to identify neglected dimensions Haiti earthquake of January 12, 2010 and the East Japan earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. [...] The international community’s disaster responses to The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Centre for Haiti and Japan reveal that effective reaction to natural International Governance Innovation or its Operating Board of Directors or International Board of Governors. [...] The result was a rise in the public’s disillusionment Among the many common lessons of Haiti and Japan and distrust toward both the state and international is the value of international coordination prior to the actors. [...] ABOUT THE BSIA Devoted to the study of international affairs and global governance, the Balsillie School of International Affairs assembles extraordinary experts to understand, explain and shape the ideas that will create effective global governance.
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Authors

Thompson, Andrew S

Pages
12
Published in
Canada

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