Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 12/2014

Achieving Disaster Resilience in U.S. Communities

Stephanie Sanok Kostro, Garrett Riba

November 2014

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Abstract

This report examines the disaster resilience efforts of the executive and legislative branches of government and public-private partnerships. Its recommendations are the product of a series of dialogues hosted by the CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program and the Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation. Reflecting thoughts, findings, and viewpoints gleaned from the series, the authors provide guidance for officials who want to make progress in bolstering planning, partnerships, and capabilities to address the real, localized, and oftentimes devastating effects of natural disasters.