Next catastrophe : reducing our vulnerabilities to natural, industrial, and terrorist disasters /

Charles Perrow is famous worldwide for his ideas about normal accidents, the notion that multiple and unexpected failures--catastrophes waiting to happen--are built into our society's complex systems. In The Next Catastrophe, he offers crucial insights into how to make us safer, proposing a bol...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Perrow, Charles
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton Univ Press, 2011.
Sujets:
Emergency management > United States.
Disasters > Government policy > United States.
Risk management > United States.
Hazard mitigation > United States.
Terrorism > United States > Prevention.
Infrastructure (Economics) > Security measures > United States.
Catastrophes > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Gestion du risque > États-Unis.
Catastrophes > Réduction > États-Unis.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Infrastructure (Economics) > Security measures
Disasters > Government policy
Emergency management
Hazard mitigation
Risk management
Terrorism > Prevention
United States
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; Part One: Introduction and Natural Disasters; Part Two: Can Government Help?; Part Three: The Disastrous Private Sector; Part Four: What Is to Be Done?; Appendix A: Three Types of Redundancy; Appendix B: Networks of Small Firms; Bibliography; Index.

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