Disaster Resiliency of US Local Governments: Insights to Strengthen Local Response and Recovery from theCOVID-19 Pandemic
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Dzigbede, Komla D.; Gehl, Sarah Beth; Willoughby, Katherine
署名单位：
State University of New York (SUNY) System; Binghamton University, SUNY; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
刊物名称：
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
ISSN/ISSBN：
0033-3352
DOI：
10.1111/puar.13249
发表日期：
2020
页码：
634-643
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摘要：
This research presents implications of the global pandemic for local government resiliency in the United States. The authors explore insights from local government officials and managers on the front lines of response and recovery efforts to the biological natural disaster. Findings from the latest nationwide survey of U.S. local governments regarding their preparedness for weather-related natural disasters also inform responses to the current crisis. Results indicate that local governments are innovating and taking strategic actions to fight the virus, even as COVID-19 has exposed social inequities that are exacerbated as the virus spreads. Survey findings of disaster readiness of local governments to weather-related disasters shows that small, resource-poor governments will not be able to respond well and social inequities will grow. Policy strategies at all levels of government must recognize and account for these inequities as threat of this virus subsides, to support stronger, more effective readiness for the next biological catastrophe.