Designing resilience : preparing for extreme events /

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Designing Resilience presents case studies of extreme events and analyzes the ability of affected individuals, institutions, governments, and technological systems to cope with disaster. Individual case studies, including Hurricane Katrina in the United States, the London bombings, and French prepar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Demchak, Chris C., Boin, Arjen, Comfort, Louise K. (Louise Kloos), 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2010.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Disasters.
Preparedness.
Emergency management.
Catastrophes.
État de préparation.
disasters.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Terrorism.
Disasters
Emergency management
Preparedness
Widerstandsfähigkeit.
Katastrophenmanagement
Katastrofberedskap.
Katastrofer.
Krishantering.
"Multi-User"
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Designing Resilience presents case studies of extreme events and analyzes the ability of affected individuals, institutions, governments, and technological systems to cope with disaster. Individual case studies, including Hurricane Katrina in the United States, the London bombings, and French preparedness for the Avian flu, are analyzed to determine effective and ineffective strategies.-- Publisher description.
Notas:OldControl:muse9780822973706.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 349 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822973706
0822973707

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