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The handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions
- Title
- The handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions / John Handmer and Stephen Dovers.
- Author
- Handmer, John W.
- Publication
- London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2007.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Dovers, Stephen
- Description
- xvii, 187 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-178) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : the context and aims of this book -- Constructing the problem -- The nature of emergencies and disasters -- The nature of policy and institutions -- Constructing the response -- A policy and institutional framework for emergencies and disasters -- Owning the problem : politics, participation and communication -- Framing the problem : identifying and analyzing risk -- Responding to the problem : policy formulation and implementation -- Not forgetting : monitoring, evaluation and learning -- Institutional settings for emergencies and disasters -- Constructing the future -- Future prospects.
- Call Number
- JBE 09-163
- ISBN
- 9781844073597 (hardback)
- 1844073599 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2007024313
- OCLC
- 74525145
- Author
- Handmer, John W.
- Title
- The handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions / John Handmer and Stephen Dovers.
- Imprint
- London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-178) and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Dovers, Stephen.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 09-163