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Author Moroney, Jennifer D. P., 1973- author.

Title Lessons from Department of Defense disaster relief efforts in the Asia-Pacific Region / Jennifer D.P. Moroney, Stephanie Pezard, Laurel E. Miller, Jeffrey Engstrom, Abby Doll.

Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2013.
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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 146 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
text file PDF rda
Note "National Security Research Division."
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction -- Cyclone Nargis (Burma) -- Padang Earthquake, West Sumatra (Indonesia) -- 2010 monsoon floods (Pakistan) -- The Great East Japan Earthquake/Operation Tomodachi (Japan) -- Findings and recommendations.
Summary The Department of Defense has long been able to play a major role in international humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) due to its unique capabilities, manpower, and forward-deployed resources. The Asia-Pacific region is of particular importance to the United States because it bears the brunt of more than half of the world's natural disasters and is home to numerous key U.S. allies. In an effort to improve the effectiveness of HA/DR operations in the future, this report analyzes recent operations in Burma, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Japan, and identifies lessons that have emerged in the areas of (1) interagency coordination, (2) communication with the affected country, (3) coordination with other state and non-state actors, (4) prospects for U.S. security cooperation and building partner capacity for HA/DR, and (5) prospects for the increased involvement of regional organizations in HA/DR. This report also identifies complementary capabilities and comparative advantages that exist around the region, presents options for leveraging these capabilities to deal with future disasters, and assesses various crisis management mechanisms involving allies and partners that can be applied to other contingencies.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed August 1, 2013).
Subject United States. Department of Defense -- Rules and practice -- Evaluation.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Civic action -- Case studies.
Disaster relief -- Pacific Area -- Case studies.
Disaster relief -- United States -- Evaluation.
Humanitarian assistance -- United States -- Evaluation.
Humanitarian assistance -- Pacific Area -- Case studies.
Emergency management -- Case studies.
Integrated operations (Military science) -- Case studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights.
Added Author Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, publisher.
ISBN 9780833081957 (electronic bk.)
0833081950 (electronic bk.)
9780833080431 (paperback;) (alk. paper)
0833080431 (paperback;) (alk. paper)
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