How Localities Continually Adapt Enterprise Strategies to Manage Natural Disasters

The authors of this report delve into city-level surveys of hundreds of communities, conducted by the International City/County Managers Association, to learn firsthand what challenges face local leaders and how they prepare in advance to blunt the effects of natural disasters.  They interview dozens of local leaders for their advice and insights and then used these insights to develop a framework that can guide local leaders as they strategize ways to minimize the effects of natural disasters on their communities and economies in the future.

Komla D. Dzigbede

Komla D. Dzigbede is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration at Binghamton University. His research interests include state and local public finance and economic development. Dzigbede has recently published research in Municipal Finance Journal, Public Finance and Management, Public Administration Review and Policy Studies Journal. Dzigbede has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics from the University of Ghana, and a Ph.D. in public policy from the Georgia State University.

Assistant Professor. Department of Public Administration, College of Community & Public Affairs
State University of New York at Binghamton
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67 Washington Street
Binghamton, NY 13902-3702
United States

Komla D. Dzigbede is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration at Binghamton University. His research interests include state and local public finance and economic development. Dzigbede has recently published research in Municipal Finance Journal, Public Finance and Management, Public Administration Review and Policy Studies Journal. Dzigbede has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics from the University of Ghana, and a Ph.D. in public policy from the Georgia State University.