Chapter 1 Confronting Disaster: Recent Lessons from the Asia-Pacific

Chapter 2 Localising the Humanitarian Toolkit: Lessons from Recent Philippines Disasters

Chapter 3 Muhammadiyah and Disaster Response: Innovation and Change in Humanitarian Assistance

Chapter 4 The Impact of the Indian Ocean Tsunami on Maldives

Chapter 5 Collaboration in Emergency Response in China: Evolution from the Wenchuan Earthquake, May 12, 2008 to the Lushan Earthquake, April 20, 2013

Chapter 6 “One in Trouble, All to Help”: The Paired Assistance Program to Disaster-Affected Areas in China

Chapter 7 Collaborative Manpower Support for Restoring Hope in the Aftermath of the March 11 Disasters in Japan

Chapter 8 Communities at the Heart of Recovery: Reflections on the Government-Community Partnership for Recovery After the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires in Victoria, Australia

Chapter 9 Disaster, Mental Health, and Community Resilience: Lessons from the Field in Aceh Province, Indonesia

Chapter 10 Regional Business Continuity Management Through Public-Private Partnerships in Japan

Chapter 11 The Rise of Disaster Risk Insurance and Derivatives