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Introduction to Emergency Management, Fifth Edition, offers a fully up-to-date analysis of US emergency management principles. In addition to expanding coverage of risk management in a time of climate change and terrorism, Haddow, Bullock, and Coppola discuss the impact of new emergency management t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Haddow, George D.
Other Authors: Bullock, Jane A., Coppola, Damon P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waltham, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, an imprint of Elsevier, 2014.
Edition:Fifth edition.
Subjects:
Emergency management.
Emergency management > United States.
Communication in management.
Medical emergencies.
Disaster Planning > organization & administration
Emergencies
Terrorism > prevention & control
Communication en gestion.
Urgences m�edicales.
Medical emergencies
Communication in management
Emergency management
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Historical Context of Emergency Management
  • 2. Natural and Technological Hazards and Risk Assessment
  • 3. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Mitigation
  • 4. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Preparedness
  • 5. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Communications
  • 6. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Response
  • 7. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Recovery
  • 8. International Disaster Management
  • 9. Emergency Management and the Terrorist Threat
  • 10. The Future of Emergency Management
  • Appendix A: Acronyms
  • Appendix B: Emergency Management Web Sites
  • Appendix C: Ready. Gov Citizen Preparedness Recommendations
  • Appendix D: A Day in the Life of Homeland Security.

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