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Introduction to International Disaster Management, Third Edition, continues to serve as the leading comprehensive overview of global emergency management. This edition provides practitioners and students alike with a comprehensive understanding of the disaster management profession by utilizing a gl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Coppola, Damon P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, ©2007.
Subjects:
Disaster relief > International cooperation.
Emergency management > International cooperation.
Hazard mitigation.
Emergency management.
Risk management.
Disaster Planning
Relief Work
Internationality
Risk Management
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Coopération internationale.
Catastrophes > Réduction.
Gestion des situations d'urgence.
Gestion du risque.
disaster planning.
risk management.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The management of disasters
  • Hazards
  • Risk and vulnerability
  • Mitigation
  • Preparedness
  • Response
  • Recovery
  • Participants: governmental disaster management agencies
  • Participants: nongovernmental organizations (including the private sector and academia)
  • Participants: multilateral organizations and international financial institutions
  • Special considerations.

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