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1. Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division

Description

1. xxviii, 146 pages : color illustraions, color maps; 23 cm

Summary

1. 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 world⁰́₉s 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.

Series statement

1. [Report] ; RR-146-OSD

Uniform title

1. Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-146-OSD.

Alternative title

1. Lessons from DoD support to foreign disasters in the Asia-Pacific Region
2. Disaster relief efforts in the Asia-Pacific Region

Subject

1. United States -- Armed Forces -- Civic action -- Case studies. - [Browse in index]
2. Disaster relief -- Pacific Area -- Case studies. - [Browse in index]
3. Disaster relief -- United States -- Evaluation. - [Browse in index]
4. United States. Department of Defense -- Rules and practice -- Evaluation. - [Browse in index]
5. Humanitarian assistance -- United States -- Evaluation. - [Browse in index]
6. Humanitarian assistance -- Pacific Area -- Case studies. - [Browse in index]
7. Emergency management -- Case studies. - [Browse in index]
8. Integrated operations (Military science) -- Case studies. - [Browse in index]
9. DoD (HA/DR) operations. - [Browse in index]

Contents

1. Introduction -- Cyclone Nargis (Burma) -- Padang Earthquake, West Sumatra (Indonesia) -- 2010 Monsoon Floods (Pakistan) -- The Great East Japan Earthquake/Operation Tomodachi (Japan) -- Findings and Recommendations -- Appendix: Tracking PACOM AOR Militaries' Capabilities for HA/DR.

Call number

1. JFE 17-11202

Language

1. English

Note

1. At head of title: RAND National Security Research Division.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-146).

Author

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

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Connect to:

1. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR146.html

Indexed term

1. DoD (HA/DR) operations

Added author

1. Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division.

LCCN

1. 2013022939

Report no.

1. RAND/RR-146-OSD

ISBN

1. 9780833080431 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
2. 0833080431 (pbk. ; alk. paper)