Over the last century, the scale of Canada’s domestic disaster response system has grown significantly due to the country’s increased capacity for emergency management and the rise in natural hazards. However, there has been no systematic assessment of how effectively this multilevel system, which includes all levels of government and the military, has been integrated, and how efficient this system actually is at responding to high-level disasters.
Using in-depth archival analysis and interviews with senior military and civilian officials on the inside, Boots on the Ground provides a detailed examination of Canada’s disaster response system. Including policy recommendations focused on the expansion of emergency management networks, the maintenance of Canada’s decentralized emergency management system, and disaster response resources for First Nations communities, Boots on the Ground aims to highlight opportunities to improve Canada’s urgent disaster response.
Boots on the Ground offers helpful lessons for students, policy makers, emergency management practitioners, and military officers, ensuring that readers gain concrete insights into the strategic and efficient implementation of disaster response initiatives.
By:
Johanu Botha
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781487529789
ISBN 10: 1487529783
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 31 May 2022
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Emergency Management and The Military in Canada 2. Assessing Disaster Response Through an Original Collaborative Framework 3. The Presence of Interorganizational Collaboration 4. The Quality of Interorganizational Collaboration 5. The Barriers to Interorganizational Collaboration 6. Results, Implications, and Recommendations Conclusion Appendixes Bibliography
Johanu Botha leads the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization as Assistant Deputy Minister with the Government of Manitoba.
Reviews for Boots on the Ground: Disaster Response in Canada
"""Botha has clearly done his homework when it comes to policies, mandates, and bureaucratic realities, and his many interviews help him get to the heart of disaster response."" -- Kelly S. Thompson * <em>Literary Review of Canada</em> *"
