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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.

Title
  1. 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.
Author
  1. Moroney, Jennifer D. P., 1973-
Published by
  1. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2013.
Format
  1. Book/text

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Additional authors
  1. Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division
Description
  1. xxviii, 146 pages : color illustraions, color map; 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
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]
Genre/Form
  1. Case studies
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.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Language
  1. English
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-146).
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain