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Title: Choosing a Regional Resilience Partner: A comparative study of urban, suburban, and rural natural hazard preparedness conditions
Author: Danis, Christina
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Government policy, Area studies
Description: Whether urban, suburban, or rural or from different United States (US) geographic regions, communities expect public officials to guide them to better prepare for and adapt to changing conditions and recurring natural hazard threats. Natural hazar...

Title: FLOODED WITH COMPLEXITY: DO ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND BUDGETARY FLEXIBILITY INFLUENCE NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS?
Author: Pope, JoEllen
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Public administration
Description: ABSTRACTJOELLEN VICTORIA POPE. Flooded with complexity: Do organizational structures and budgetary flexibility influence natural disaster preparedness? (Under the direction of DR. SUZANNE M. LELAND)The number of natural disaster declarations in th...

Title: NORTH CAROLINA CHARTER SCHOOLS: SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS' PERCEPTIONSOF COMPETITION IN K-12 EDUCATION
Author: Parker, Ami
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Education, Public administration
Description: The purpose of this study was to explore traditional public school administrators' perceptions of competition in North Carolina public education after the implementation of charter school legislation. Surveys of traditional public school administr...

Title: REGIONAL COUNCILS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STATE LAWS ON REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
Author: Whisman, Holly
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Government policy
Description: Regional decision-making, in which multiple local governments seek to address concerns that affect communities across jurisdictional boundaries, has been approached by scholars from two opposing viewpoints. Some argue in favor of consolidated regi...