Disaster governance is an emerging concept in the disaster research literature that is closely
related to risk governance and environmental governance. Disaster governance …

There is a growing need for resilience in dealing with unexpected events during disasters.
The purpose of this review was to summarize and synthesize the literature that examined …

Research on crisis management and resilience has sought to explain how individuals and
organizations anticipate and respond to adversity, yet—surprisingly—there has been little …

Crises and disasters feature high on political and public agendas around the world.
Practitioners wrestle with the challenge to provide protection while maintaining legitimacy …

Explore the major theories within crisis communication, fully revised and updated Theorizing
Crisis Communication provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of both current …

This article examines the problem of effective interagency communication among
organizations and the role of information technologies to achieve effective communication …

Although various scholars have researched issues regarding disaster management, few
have studied the sharing and coordinating of information during disasters. Not much …

Coordination theories are characterized primarily by a focus on integration, in which
coordination is aimed at achieving a coherent and unified set of actions. However, in the …

There is significant debate about the appropriate governance structure in a disaster
response. Complex disasters exhibit both networked and hierarchical characteristics. One …

In this study, nonprofit involvement in cross‐sector collaborative efforts for post‐Katrina and
Rita relief, recovery, and rebuilding are examined. Using Bryson, Crosby, and Stone's model …