Research Catalog

Title

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

Moroney, Jennifer D. P., 1973-

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2013.

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Additional Authors

Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division

Description

xxviii, 146 pages : color illustraions, color map; 23 cm.

Summary

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

Report ; RR-146-OSD

Alternative Title

• Lessons from DoD support to foreign disasters in the Asia-Pacific Region
• Disaster relief efforts in the Asia-Pacific Region

Subject

• United States. Department of Defense > Rules and practice > Evaluation
• Disaster relief > Pacific Area > Case studies
• Disaster relief > United States > Evaluation
• Humanitarian assistance > United States > Evaluation
• Humanitarian assistance > Pacific Area > Case studies
• Emergency management > Case studies
• Integrated operations (Military science) > Case studies
• United States > Armed Forces > Civic action > Case studies
• DoD (HA/DR) operations

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-146).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9780833080431 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0833080431 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013022939

OCLC

• 858777970
• SCSB-10204993

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library