Introduction to emergency management
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Group Author: | ; |
Published: |
Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann,
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Publisher Address: | Amsterdam Boston |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 3rd ed. |
Series: |
Butterworth-Heinemann homeland security series |
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Carrier Form: | xvii, 474 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780750685146 (hardcover : alk. paper) 075068514X (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780750685146 075068514X |
Index Number: | X4 |
CLC: |
X4-171.2 X4 D771.235 |
Call Number: | X4/H127/3rd.ed. |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-454) and index. The historical context of emergency management -- Natural and technological hazards and risk assessment -- The disciplines of emergency management : mitigation -- The disciplines of emergency management : response -- The disciplines of emergency management : recovery -- The disciplines of emergency management : preparedness -- The disciplines of emergency management : communications -- International disaster management -- Emergency management and the new terrorist threat -- The future of emergency management. |