The developing role of public libraries in emergency management : emerging research and opportunities /

"This book explores what emergency management is, including describing why public policy and traditional reactionary approaches to emergency management have caused the profession to grow and develop in a different direction. The volume also describes the fundamental practices used within emerge...

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Main Authors: Mabe, Michael, 1956
Group Author: Ashley, Emily A., 1981
Published: IGI Global, Information Science Reference,
Publisher Address: Hershey, PA :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Advances in library and information science (ALIS) book series
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Summary: "This book explores what emergency management is, including describing why public policy and traditional reactionary approaches to emergency management have caused the profession to grow and develop in a different direction. The volume also describes the fundamental practices used within emergency management and that constitute their operational approach; i.e. prevention, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation"--
Carrier Form: xiii, 119 pages ; 27 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781522521969
1522521968
Index Number: Z716
CLC: G259.712
Call Number: G259.712/M112