| Managing Disaster: Strategies and Policy Perspectives Contributor(s): Comfort, Louise K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0822308002 ISBN-13: 9780822308003 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $113.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 363.348 |
| LCCN: 87020049 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Series: Duke Press Policy Studies |
| Physical Information: 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book reflects an important shift in society's definition of disaster. For centuries catastrophic events have been considered "acts of God" and therefore uncontrollable by definition. Managing Disaster is international in scope, covering such natural and man-made calamities as tornadoes in western Pennsylvania, earthquakes in Peru, flooding in the Netherlands, and toxic waste disasters. Centers for hazard studies have only recently examined the interrelated aspects of disastrous events and recognized the interaction between natural hazards and human systems. As society attempts to acquire the information and develop the skills to reduce the risks and damage from disaster, an increasingly professional public service is reconsidering its strategies and policy direction. Managing Disaster addresses this problem and the need for a new approach to teaching this subject at the university level. Twenty-three professionals and scholars in public policy and administration--rom universities, government, and the private sector--examine the basic issues confronting managers and public agencies in the face of disaster. |
