Emergency management the American experience, 1900 - 2010
Preface -- Introduction : 110 years of disaster response and emergency management in the united States / Claire B. Rubin -- Focusing events in the early twentieth century : a hurricane, two earthquakes, and a pandemic / David Butler -- The expanding role of the federal government : 1927-1950 / David...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Boca Raton, FL
CRC Press
2012
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| Ausgabe: | 2. ed. |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Preface -- Introduction : 110 years of disaster response and emergency management in the united States / Claire B. Rubin -- Focusing events in the early twentieth century : a hurricane, two earthquakes, and a pandemic / David Butler -- The expanding role of the federal government : 1927-1950 / David Butler -- The formative years : 1950-1978 / Keith Bea -- Federal emergency management comes of age : 1979-2001 / Richard T. Sylves -- Emergency management restructured : intended and unintended outcomes of actions taken since 9/11 / John R. Harrald -- 2005 events and outcomes : hurricane Katrina and beyond / Melanie Gall and Susan L. Cutter -- The system is tested : response to the BP deepwater horizon oil spill / John R. Harrald -- Emergency management : the American experience IV 1900-2010 -- From a painful past to an uncertain future / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley -- The evolving federal role in emergency management : policies and processes / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley -- Suggested readings -- About the authors -- Index |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | VII, 303 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781466517530 978-1-4665-1753-0 |