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...

1. Introduction -- 2. The Rules of the Game and Post-disaster Rebuilding and Recovery -- 3. Government as Gardener: Cultivating the Environment for Private Sector Natural Disaster Response -- 4. The Role of the Local Emergency Manager in a Centralized System of Disaster Management -- 5....

Rebounding after disasters like tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods can be daunting. Communities must have residents who can not only gain access to the resources that they need to rebuild but who can also overcome the collective action problem that characterizes post-disaster relief...