"This timely Handbook addresses one of the most pertinent questions of the 21st century: why are some regions more economically resilient than others? Contributors provide a state-of-the-art collection on the meaning of resilience when applied to regional economies, offering a range of...

"Evaluating the myriad dimensions of how disasters can affect economic activity and decision-making, this cutting-edge Handbook presents a timely analysis of the conditions that reduce or exacerbate disaster impacts. Addressing developments in research on disaster economics, internationally...

"This book will focus on different conceptions of performance: individual, team, and organizational performance; success, rebounding, well-being, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction by presenting concepts in relation to resilience, new conceptual frameworks and new methodological approaches"--