Designing resilience : preparing for extreme events

Designing resilience : preparing for extreme events / edited by Louise K. Comfort, Arjen Boin, and Chris C. Demchak.

Designing Resilience presents case studies of extreme events and analyzes the ability of affected individuals, institutions, governments, and technological systems to cope with disaster. Individual case studies, including Hurricane Katrina in the United States, the London bombings, and French prepar...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Demchak, Chris C., Boin, Arjen, Comfort, Louise K. (Louise Kloos), 1935-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2010.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Disasters.
Preparedness.
Emergency management.
disasters.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Terrorism.
Disasters
Emergency management
Preparedness
Widerstandsfähigkeit.
Katastrophenmanagement
Katastrofberedskap.
Katastrofer.
Krishantering.
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Summary:Designing Resilience presents case studies of extreme events and analyzes the ability of affected individuals, institutions, governments, and technological systems to cope with disaster. Individual case studies, including Hurricane Katrina in the United States, the London bombings, and French preparedness for the Avian flu, are analyzed to determine effective and ineffective strategies.-- Publisher description.
Item Description:OldControl:muse9780822973706.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 349 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822973706
0822973707
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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