Community revival in the wake of disaster : lessons in local entrepreneurship / Virgil Henry Storr, Stefanie Haeffele-Balch, and Laura E. Grube.

Author/Creator:

Storr, Virgil Henry, 1975- author.

Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Series:

Perspectives from social economics.
Perspectives from social economics

Format/Description:

Book
xii, 193 pages ; 23 cm.

Subjects:

Entrepreneurship.
Social change.
Community development.

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgements
Introduction
The entrepreneur as a driver of social change
How entrepreneurs promote post-disaster community rebound
How entrepreneurship promotes community recovery : the cases of hurricanes katrina and sandy
Goods and services providers
Regrowing uprooted social networks
Entrepreneurs as signals of healthy community rebound
Fostering resilient communities
Conclusion
Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributor:

Haeffele-Balch, Stefanie, 1984- author.
Grube, Laura E., 1985- author.

ISBN:

9781137286086
1137286083
9781137559715
1137559713

OCLC:

908660829

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