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AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Volume 38, Issue 3, Pages 286-306Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0275074007309152
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intergovernmental relations; emergency management; regionalism; homeland security; terrorism; natural disaster management; disaster vulnerability
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In 2004, the Government Accountability Office reported that in the context of homeland security and disaster management, regional organization is an effective way to improve intergovernmental cooperation and preparedness at the local level. In 2006, the Department of Homeland Security began including risk (vulnerability) calculations in its funding formulas and adopted a regional approach to the distribution of funds to major metropolitan areas. Despite regionalism's theoretical appeal and its popularity as an organizational structure, what makes regionalism work in the context of emergency management/homeland security has not been methodically examined at the first responder level. Our study of local governments in Florida empirically tests the relationship between perceived vulnerabilities (risks) and the effectiveness of regional emergency management organizational structures. We find that certain types of local vulnerabilities, such as population attributes and infrastructure, are more powerful promoters of proregionalism sentiments than others, most notably financial condition.
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