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Emergency management the American experience, 1900-2010 /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press,
[2012]
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Edition: | 2nd ed. |
Physical Description: |
ix, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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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.