Disaster management in the U.S. and Canada : the politics, policymaking, administration, and analysis of emergency management / edited by Richard T. Sylves and William L. Waugh, Jr.
ISBN:
9780398090333
Title:
Disaster management in the U.S. and Canada : the politics, policymaking, administration, and analysis of emergency management / edited by Richard T. Sylves and William L. Waugh, Jr.
Author:
Sylves, Richard Terry.
Edition:
Second edition.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxvii, 393 pages)
General Note:
Revised edition of: Cities and disaster. c1990.
Contents:
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; PART 1; Chapter I REDESIGNING AND ADMINISTERING FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; Chapter II THE POLITICS AND BUDGETING OFFEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; Chapter III THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; Chapter IV COORDINATING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:A CANADIAN EXAMPLE; PART 2; Chapter V INTERGOVERNMENTAL CHALLENGES AND CALIFORNIA'S APPROACH TO DISASTER MANAGEMENT; Chapter VI THE NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE:MEMOIR OF A FEMA INSPECTOR; Chapter VII CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES:HOW INTEGRATED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SUCCEEDS AND FAILS; PART 3.
Chapter VIII COPING WITH FLOODS: LESSONS FROM THE 19908Chapter IX THE IMPACT OF THE 1993 MIDWEST FLOODS:BUSINESS VULNERABILITY AND DISRUPTIONIN DES MOINES; Chapter X THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE: A BETTER WAY TO COORDINATE DISASTER PLANNING; PART 4; Chapter XI THE HYATT SKYWALK DISASTER AND OTHER LESSONS IN THE REGULATION OF BUILDING; Chapter XII MANAGING MAJOR EMERGENCIES IN ""GOTHAM CITY""; Chapter XIII THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF THE MAYOR IN CANADIAN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; PART 5; Chapter XIV EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS.
Chapter XV ALL-HAZARDS, OPERATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: A LESSON LEARNED FROM HURRICANE ANDREWChapter XVI DISASTER MANAGEMENT FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
Local Note:
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Added Uniform Title:
Cities and disaster.
Format:
Electronic Resources
Electronic Access:
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Publication Date:
1996
Publication Information:
Springfield, Ill. :
Charles C. Thomas, Publisher,
[1996]
©1996