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21	Economic Resilience, Disasters, and Green Jobs: An Institutional Collective Action Framework Ismayilov, Orkhan M. 12 1900 (has links) This dissertation is about economic resilience of local governments to natural disasters. Specifically, the dissertation investigates resilience on regional level. Moreover, the dissertation also investigates growth in the green job sector in local governments. The findings indicate that local governments working with each other helps green job creation. In addition, the dissertation finds that green jobs, following disasters, experience three percent growth. This dissertation is important because it investigates the relationship between climate- related disasters and green jobs, which is an area that is under-investigated. Bounce Forward green jobs regaional resilience disaster resilience Institutional Collective Action bonding bridging Local government Natural disasters Climatic changes Job creation twenty-first century (dates CE)