Emergency management the American experience, 1900-2010 /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rubin, Claire B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2012]
Edition:2nd ed.
Physical Description:
ix, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects:
Emergency management -- United States.
Natural disasters -- United States.
Hazard mitigation -- United States.
Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction : 110 years of disaster response and emergency management in the united States / Claire B. Rubin
  • Focusing events in the early twentieth century : a hurricane, two earthquakes, and a pandemic / David Butler
  • The expanding role of the federal government : 1927-1950 / David Butler
  • The formative years : 1950-1978 / Keith Bea
  • Federal emergency management comes of age : 1979-2001 / Richard T. Sylves
  • Emergency management restructured : intended and unintended outcomes of actions taken since 9/11 / John R. Harrald
  • 2005 events and outcomes : hurricane Katrina and beyond / Melanie Gall and Susan L. Cutter
  • The system is tested : response to the BP deepwater horizon oil spill / John R. Harrald
  • Emergency management : the American experience IV 1900-2010
  • From a painful past to an uncertain future / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley
  • The evolving federal role in emergency management : policies and processes / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley
  • Suggested readings
  • About the authors
  • Index.

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