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Managing Intergovernmental Responses to Terrorism and Other Extreme Events

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  • Louise K. Comfort

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Coordinating response operations to extreme events is an extraordinarily complex task for public managers. The performance of the intergovernmental system is examined in the context of the events of 11 September 2001 from the theoretical perspective of complex adaptive systems. A model of auto-adaptation is proposed to improve intergovernmental performance in extreme events. This model is based on the concept of individual, organizational, and collective learning in environments exposed to recurring risk, guided by a shared goal. Such a model requires public investment in the development of an information infrastructure that can support the intense demand for communication, information search, exchange, and feedback that characterizes an auto-adaptive system. Copyright 2002, Oxford University Press.

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  • Louise K. Comfort, 2002. "Managing Intergovernmental Responses to Terrorism and Other Extreme Events," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 32(4), pages 29-50, Fall.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:32:y:2002:i:4:p:29-50
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    1. Priscilla M. Regan & Torin Monahan, 2014. "Fusion Center Accountability and Intergovernmental Information Sharing," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 44(3), pages 475-498.
    2. Katarzyna Aleksandra Wόjtowicz & Sabina Hodžić, 2022. "Financial Resilience in the Face of Turbulent Times: Evidence from Poland and Croatian Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-16, August.
    3. Lei Du & Yingbin Feng & Li Yaning Tang & Wei Kang & Wei Lu, 2020. "Networks in disaster emergency management: a systematic review," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 103(1), pages 1-27, August.
    4. David Hutton, 2012. "Lessons Unlearnt: The (Human) Nature of Disaster Management," Chapters, in: Burak Eksioglu (ed.), Emergency Management, IntechOpen.

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