TY  - BOOK
ED  - Boston, Jonathan
ED  - Wanna, John
ED  - Lipski, Vic
ED  - Pritchard, Justin
AB  - This book focuses on the challenges facing governments and communities in preparing for and responding to major crises — especially the hard to predict yet unavoidable natural disasters ranging from earthquakes and tsunamis to floods and bushfires, as well as pandemics and global economic crises. Future-proofing the state and our societies involves decision-makers developing capacities to learn from recent ‘disaster’ experiences in order to be better placed to anticipate and prepare for foreseeable challenges. To undertake such futureproofing means taking long-term (and often recurring) problems seriously, managing risks appropriately, investing in preparedness, prevention and mitigation, reducing future vulnerability, building resilience in communities and institutions, and cultivating astute leadership. In the past we have often heard calls for ‘better future-proofing’ in the aftermath of disasters, but then neglected the imperatives of the message.    Future-Proofing the State is organised around four key themes: how can we better predict and manage the future; how can we transform the short-term thinking shaped by our political cycles into more effective long-term planning; how can we build learning into our preparations for future policies and management; and how can we successfully build trust and community resilience to meet future challenges more adequately?
DO  - 10.26530/OAPEN_496491
ID  - OAPEN ID: 496491
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 945782312
KW  - natural disasters
KW  - economics
KW  - future
KW  - futureproofing
KW  - planning
KW  - crisis
KW  - Emergency management
KW  - New Zealand
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/81a22cd1-4de2-4346-988a-ea86ce3a83bf/496491.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33378
PB  - ANU Press
PY  - 2014
SN  - 9781925021516
TI  - Future-Proofing the Statenull
ER  - 
