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Author Handmer, John W.

Title Handbook of disaster policies and institutions [electronic resource] : improving emergency management and climate change adaptation / John Handmer and Stephen Dovers.

Imprint London : Routledge/Earthscan, 2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 2nd ed.
Description xvi, 200 p. : ill.
Note Rev. ed. of: Handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions.
First published 2007 by Routledge.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The nature of emergencies and disasters -- The nature of policy and institutions -- A policy and institutional framework for emergencies and disasters -- Owning the problem : politics, participation, and communication -- Framing the problem : identifying and analysing risk -- Responding to the problem : policy formulation and implementation -- Not forgetting : monitoring, evaluation, and learning -- Institutional settings for emergencies and disasters : form, function, and coordination -- Future prospects.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Emergency management.
Disaster relief.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Dovers, Stephen.
Handmer, John W. Handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781849713504 (hbk)
9781849713511 (pbk.)
9780203109762 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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