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Title Policy making after disasters : helping regions become resilient : the case of post-earthquake Abruzzo
Published Paris : OECD, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (220 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Contents Foreword -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Assessment and recommendations -- Regional trends and development challenges in Abruzzo -- A renewed governance system to improve regional policy in Abruzzo -- Open policy making to build a resilient Abruzzo -- Regional innovation strategy -- Improving the use of the cultural heritage and natural environment -- An agenda for L'Aquila towards 2030 -- Lessons for policy making in post-disaster regions
Summary Abruzzo is at a tipping point: despite economic, cultural and natural strengths, the region is facing declining economic growth, ageing population and a reduction in outside economic aid. The devastating earthquake that hit the regional capital L'Aquila and its surroundings on 6 April 2009 caused 309 deaths and was a significant economic shock, jeopardizing the long-term growth prospects of an already vulnerable region. To increase its resilience to current and future shocks, Abruzzo must encourage innovation-driven growth, based on knowledge and better use of skills, and redesign the city of L'Aquila through technological upgrade to make it more attractive to outsiders and improve the quality of life of its residents. The report suggests that Abruzzo should focus on endogenous resources to build its long-term development strategy and, at the same time, to increase the external openness of the regional system to attract more entrepreneurs, students, foreigners and external capital. The economic development and quality of societal life in Abruzzo will strongly depend on how private and public actors will make the best use of existing knowledge, strengthening the cultural and economic networks as a major tool for growth; as well as promoting information sharing, transparency, accountability and community engagement to improve decision making. More broadly, the issues raised in the report can help other governments to rethink regional policy, for both regions vulnerable to natural disasters and for those facing long-term decline. As such, eight guiding recommendations for building resilient regions after a disaster are drawn. These guiding recommendations can provide a framework for policy making in other OECD regions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (OECD iLibrary, viewed Apr. 18, 2013)
Subject Disaster relief -- Government policy -- Italy -- Abruzzo.
Disaster relief -- Italy -- Abruzzo.
Natural disasters -- Government policy -- Italy -- Abruzzo.
Form Electronic book
Author Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
ISBN 9264189548 (print)
9264189572 (pdf)
9789264189546 (print)
9789264189577 (pdf)