Multi-level The volume presents chapters that analyze vulnerability and resilience at individual, organ-izational, and societal levels. Interdisciplinary It is important to understand the role of culture, social capital, socio-economic vulner-abilities, and interpersonal social networks and international collaboration. This requires analytical perspectives from different disciplines. Solution-oriented Chapters in this volume explore how various conditions and factors may have implica-tions for planning decisions, policy-making, and governance. The volume shifts atten-tion away from a ‘silo’ approach to a ‘collaboration’ perspective in creating disaster resilient and sustainable communities. It aims to support the development of effective collaborative governance strategies for improved management in the mitigation, prepa-ration, response to, and recovery from natural and man-made hazards. OVERVIEW This book contributes to the literature on crisis management, emergency management, social sciences, policy, and planning. The volume introduces approaches that are appli-cable to a variety of circumstances in the US, Europe and other countries; it offers ways to think through policy interventions and governance mechanisms that may enhance societal resilience. Chapter 1, authored by Julia Fleischer, presents a theoretical argument that the study of time provides crucial explanatory factors to the analysis of public sector crisis responses. The chapter asserts that time is an external condition and an internalized feature of organizational behaviour in response to crisis and disasters. The author claims that time influences governmental crisis responses but can also be exploited by actors during such critical episodes. Chapter 2, co-authored by Denis Fischbacher-Smith and Moira Fischbacher-Smith, considers the challenges for hospitals in the UK that arise from the threats of mass casualty terrorism events. The chapter argues that the academic focus is often on the role of healthcare as a major resource and rescuer in terrorist attacks and other mass casualty crises; it often lacks attention for healthcare organizations as a victim of disaster. The chapter highlights the nature of the challenges facing the UK healthcare system, with a special focus on hospitals both as essential first responders under the UK’s civil contingencies legislation and as potential victims of terrorism and other man-made disasters.

DOI link for Multi-level The volume presents chapters that analyze vulnerability and resilience at individual, organ-izational, and societal levels. Interdisciplinary It is important to understand the role of culture, social capital, socio-economic vulner-abilities, and interpersonal social networks and international collaboration. This requires analytical perspectives from different disciplines. Solution-oriented Chapters in this volume explore how various conditions and factors may have implica-tions for planning decisions, policy-making, and governance. The volume shifts atten-tion away from a ‘silo’ approach to a ‘collaboration’ perspective in creating disaster resilient and sustainable communities. It aims to support the development of effective collaborative governance strategies for improved management in the mitigation, prepa-ration, response to, and recovery from natural and man-made hazards. OVERVIEW This book contributes to the literature on crisis management, emergency management, social sciences, policy, and planning. The volume introduces approaches that are appli-cable to a variety of circumstances in the US, Europe and other countries; it offers ways to think through policy interventions and governance mechanisms that may enhance societal resilience. Chapter 1, authored by Julia Fleischer, presents a theoretical argument that the study of time provides crucial explanatory factors to the analysis of public sector crisis responses. The chapter asserts that time is an external condition and an internalized feature of organizational behaviour in response to crisis and disasters. The author claims that time influences governmental crisis responses but can also be exploited by actors during such critical episodes. Chapter 2, co-authored by Denis Fischbacher-Smith and Moira Fischbacher-Smith, considers the challenges for hospitals in the UK that arise from the threats of mass casualty terrorism events. The chapter argues that the academic focus is often on the role of healthcare as a major resource and rescuer in terrorist attacks and other mass casualty crises; it often lacks attention for healthcare organizations as a victim of disaster. The chapter highlights the nature of the challenges facing the UK healthcare system, with a special focus on hospitals both as essential first responders under the UK’s civil contingencies legislation and as potential victims of terrorism and other man-made disasters.

Multi-level The volume presents chapters that analyze vulnerability and resilience at individual, organ-izational, and societal levels. Interdisciplinary It is important to understand the role of culture, social capital, socio-economic vulner-abilities, and interpersonal social networks and international collaboration. This requires analytical perspectives from different disciplines. Solution-oriented Chapters in this volume explore how various conditions and factors may have implica-tions for planning decisions, policy-making, and governance. The volume shifts atten-tion away from a ‘silo’ approach to a ‘collaboration’ perspective in creating disaster resilient and sustainable communities. It aims to support the development of effective collaborative governance strategies for improved management in the mitigation, prepa-ration, response to, and recovery from natural and man-made hazards. OVERVIEW This book contributes to the literature on crisis management, emergency management, social sciences, policy, and planning. The volume introduces approaches that are appli-cable to a variety of circumstances in the US, Europe and other countries; it offers ways to think through policy interventions and governance mechanisms that may enhance societal resilience. Chapter 1, authored by Julia Fleischer, presents a theoretical argument that the study of time provides crucial explanatory factors to the analysis of public sector crisis responses. The chapter asserts that time is an external condition and an internalized feature of organizational behaviour in response to crisis and disasters. The author claims that time influences governmental crisis responses but can also be exploited by actors during such critical episodes. Chapter 2, co-authored by Denis Fischbacher-Smith and Moira Fischbacher-Smith, considers the challenges for hospitals in the UK that arise from the threats of mass casualty terrorism events. The chapter argues that the academic focus is often on the role of healthcare as a major resource and rescuer in terrorist attacks and other mass casualty crises; it often lacks attention for healthcare organizations as a victim of disaster. The chapter highlights the nature of the challenges facing the UK healthcare system, with a special focus on hospitals both as essential first responders under the UK’s civil contingencies legislation and as potential victims of terrorism and other man-made disasters.