Komla D. Dzigbede is associate professor and chair of the department of public administration and policy at Binghamton University, State University of New York.Sarah Beth Gehlis executive director for the Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP), an initiative aimed at broadening economic power and building a more equitable future. Katherine Willoughby is Golembiewski Professor of Public Administration in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.

• Chapter One: Natural Disasters, Government Costs, and Public ExpectationsChapter Two: The U.S. Intergovernmental Emergency Management SystemChapter Three: Local Government Fiscal Readiness Strategies to Prepare for DisastersChapter Four: Local Patterns of Action for Effective Disaster RecoveryChapter Five: Muddling Through: Typical and Immediate Budgetary Responses to DisastersChapter Six: Long-Term Effects of Disaster: Local Tax Base, Spending and Economic DevelopmentChapter Seven: Readiness and Resiliency in Disastrous Times

Komla D. Dzigbede is associate professor and chair of the department of public administration and policy at Binghamton University, State University of New York.Sarah Beth Gehlis executive director for the Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP), an initiative aimed at broadening economic power and building a more equitable future. Katherine Willoughby is Golembiewski Professor of Public Administration in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.

• Chapter One: Natural Disasters, Government Costs, and Public ExpectationsChapter Two: The U.S. Intergovernmental Emergency Management SystemChapter Three: Local Government Fiscal Readiness Strategies to Prepare for DisastersChapter Four: Local Patterns of Action for Effective Disaster RecoveryChapter Five: Muddling Through: Typical and Immediate Budgetary Responses to DisastersChapter Six: Long-Term Effects of Disaster: Local Tax Base, Spending and Economic DevelopmentChapter Seven: Readiness and Resiliency in Disastrous Times

Komla D. Dzigbede is associate professor and chair of the department of public administration and policy at Binghamton University, State University of New York.Sarah Beth Gehlis executive director for the Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP), an initiative aimed at broadening economic power and building a more equitable future. Katherine Willoughby is Golembiewski Professor of Public Administration in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.

• Chapter One: Natural Disasters, Government Costs, and Public ExpectationsChapter Two: The U.S. Intergovernmental Emergency Management SystemChapter Three: Local Government Fiscal Readiness Strategies to Prepare for DisastersChapter Four: Local Patterns of Action for Effective Disaster RecoveryChapter Five: Muddling Through: Typical and Immediate Budgetary Responses to DisastersChapter Six: Long-Term Effects of Disaster: Local Tax Base, Spending and Economic DevelopmentChapter Seven: Readiness and Resiliency in Disastrous Times