Collaborative Relationships Resulting from the Urban Area Security Initiative

Jordan Alexandra E.
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Jordan Alexandra E.: University of Colorado at Boulder

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 2010, vol. 7, issue 1, 21

Abstract: Despite its relevance in terrorism and disaster preparedness and response, few studies have looked at how federal guidance has influenced regional collaboration in urban areas. This study, which is based on field work and in-depth interviews in five U.S. urban areas, examines the development of regional governance structures in response to the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI). Factors, such as federal initiatives, guidance, and funding, have acted as catalysts in fostering cross-jurisdictional collaboration among different kinds of preparedness and response organizations and sectors, as have local politics and power dynamics. Common structural components across urban areas allow for the comparison of inter-organizational administrative arrangements. Although this approach to collaboration has integrated key personnel likely to be involved in a large-scale regional disaster response, it also highlights potential barriers to collaboration including missing partners and the unequal distribution of decision-making power in these networks.

Keywords: UASI; collaboration; terrorism preparedness; regionalism; governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.2202/1547-7355.1612

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