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Disaster Management: Privatization as a Viable Alternative©

In: Safeguarding Homeland Security

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  • Alan Kirschenbaum

    (Technion, Israel Institute of Technology)

Abstract

This chapter details the use of the private market to prepare for and respond to disasters. A survey of Israeli citizens was conducted to determine their “readiness to pay” for services provided free by the Home Front Command. About one-quarter to a third said they were ready to pay for additional quality services such as assuring their safe room could handle a chemical or biological attack. Age and ethnic-religious status affected the readiness to purchase. Also, private companies were paid to provide equipment including buses for emergencies. Volunteers such as a civilian watch group and reserve medical workers play an important role in homeland security. Since so many Israelis have military training volunteers, even unorganized, play important roles in emergencies.

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  • Alan Kirschenbaum, 2009. "Disaster Management: Privatization as a Viable Alternative©," Springer Books, in: Simon Hakim & Erwin A. Blackstone (ed.), Safeguarding Homeland Security, chapter 0, pages 61-71, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4419-0371-6_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0371-6_6
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