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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Acronyms and Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I: A Recent History of Disasters: Events, Trends and Organizational Responses
7. 1. The Birth of the Modern Era of U.S. Disaster Management and Its Global Implications (2001) 13
8. 2. A Pandemic Warning, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Hurricane Katrina, and a Bird Flu (2002–2007) 28
9. 3. An Influenza Pandemic, Earthquake in Haiti, Fukushima Disaster, and Superstorm Sandy (2008– 2012) 51
10. 4. Ebola, Hurricanes, Wildfires, and a Pandemic for the Ages (2013– 2021) 71
11. Part II. How Organizations Respond to Disasters and Why They Behave That Way
12. 5. Disaster Politics 97
13. 6. Disaster Markets and the Private Sector 121
14. 7. Disaster Nonprofits 132
15. 8. Disaster Academics 145
16. Part III: In Search of Disaster Resilience
17. 9. Humans Are Bad at Risk, and Even Worse with Uncertainty 159
18. 10. Reimagining the Model 166
19. Notes 179
20. Bibliography 211
21. Index 239