Emergency management : the American experience, 1900-2010 /

Following in the footsteps of its popular predecessor, the second edition of Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900--2010 provides the background needed to understand the key political and policy underpinnings of emergency management, exploring how major "focusing events" have...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rubin, Claire B. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2012.
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central.
Temas:
Emergency management > United States.
Natural disasters > United States.
Hazard mitigation > United States.
Emergency management.
Disasters.
Medical emergencies.
Disaster Planning
Disasters
Emergencies
Catastrophes naturelles > États-Unis.
Catastrophes > Réduction > États-Unis.
Gestion des situations d'urgence.
Catastrophes.
Urgences médicales.
disaster planning.
disasters.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Medical emergencies
Emergency management
Hazard mitigation
Natural disasters
Katastrofbistånd > Förenta staterna.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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